page_title: Manufacture nationale de Sèvres
section_title: Notable artists
hierarchical_section_title: Manufacture nationale de Sèvres / Notable artists
caption_attribution_description: English: Bust of Emperor Napoleon I. Biscuit, 1811. Français&#160;: Buste de l'empereur Napoléon Ier, Manufacture de Sèvres, d'après un modèle d'Antoine-Denis Chaudet. Biscuit, 1811.
context_page_description: The Manufacture nationale de Sèvres is one of the principal European porcelain manufactories. It is located in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, France. It is the continuation of Vincennes porcelain, founded in 1740, which moved to Sèvres in 1756. It has been owned by the French crown or government since 1759, and has always maintained the highest standards of quality. Almost immediately, it replaced Meissen porcelain as the standard-setter among European porcelain factories, retaining this position until at least the 19th century.
  Its production is still largely based on the creation of contemporary objects today. It became part of the Cité de la céramique in 2010 with the Musée national de céramique, and since 2012 with the Musée national Adrien Dubouché in Limoges.
context_section_description: Due to its reputation for excellence and its prestige, the manufactory has always attracted some of the best ceramists. Among the most well-known are:
  Pierre Alechinsky
  Arman
  Jean Arp
  Louis-Simon Boizot
  François Boucher
  Louise Bourgeois
  Félix Bracquemond
  Alexander Calder
  Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (artistic director)
  Ernest Chaplet
  Hermine David
  Théodore Deck, director of the manufactory from 1887
  Martin Drolling, director of painting 1802-1813
  Jean-Claude Duplessis (or Duplessis père)
  Étienne Maurice Falconet
  Alexandre-Évariste Fragonard, son of Jean-Honoré Fragonard
  Viola Frey
  Hector Guimard
  Étienne Hajdu
  Yayoi Kusama
  François-Xavier Lalanne
  Espérance Langlois
  Polyclès Langlois
  Roberto Matta
  Jean-Louis Morin
  Guillaume Noël
  Richard Peduzzi
  Charles Percier
  Serge Poliakoff
  Henri Rapin
  Auguste Rodin
  Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann
  Adrian Saxe
  Ettore Sottsass
  Louis Jean Thévenet, père
  Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
  Betty Woodman
  Philippe Xhrouet
caption: Bust of Napoleon by Antoine-Denis Chaudet (Louvre, 1811)
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