Jean-Paul VAN LITH (b. 1940) Polychrome glass sculpture. Sign lŐarrire on the base and date 90 Pice unique. Dimensions: H: 39 ; W: 25 ; D: 22 cm. Jean-Paul VAN LITH trained at the cole des Arts appliqus in Paris, in the ceramics section, which quickly led him to glassmaking. In Biot, where his studio is located, he worked with Jean-Claude Novaro from 1979 to 1981, creating some six hundred pieces decorated with metallic lustre and gold, using a technique he had applied in ceramics. In 1982, he began working with a crystal manufacturer (Waltersperger) in Blangy-sur-Bresle, in northern France. Jean-Paul Van Lith created his first crystal pieces with the help of a Venetian glassmaker. That same year, 1982, the Por-tieux glassworks (in the Vosges) hired him to set up a glass art studio (which remained in operation until 1984). Monica Damian and Matei Negreanu joined him there. In 1984-1985, he was appointed designer and instructor at the Hartswiller glassworks near Strasbourg (founded in 1932). His work has been shown in numerous solo exhibitions, mainly in France, but also in Luxembourg, Portugal, the USA, Hong Kong and Core. In Seattle (U.S.A.), he exhibited with the American glass artist Dale Chihuly.