"Earthenware Cup By André Baud Vallauris 60s"
Free-form earthenware cup by André Baud in Vallauris, yellow and green enamel decoration enhanced with gold representing a star, 1960s.Very good condition
Width 30cm
Depth 25cm
Height 7cm
Signature "Vallauris" engraved below
André Baud (1903-1986)
After studying at the school of fine arts in Bourges and the school of arts applied to industry in Paris, in 1925 he won a prize at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts. In 1942, he moved with his wife to Vallauris and produced culinary and utilitarian pottery while creating more decorative pieces. He participated in the "golden age of Vallauris" with Suzanne and Georges Ramié, Robert Picault, Roger Capron, Jean Derval...André Baud was interested in space and astronomy and some of his creations are characteristics of the "space age" period. In 1969, he closed his Vallauris pottery and moved to Charente.
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