"Large Earthenware Pitcher By Roger Capron In Vallauris"
Important white enameled earthenware pitcher by Roger Capron in Vallauris, decorated with a green and orange geometric frieze, 1960.Height 25cm
Width 22cm
Diameter 12cm at the neck and foot
Signed below Capron and serial number
CAPRON Roger (1922-2006)
Professor in Applied Arts, Capron was first interested in drawing. He discovered ceramic work in Vallauris before Picasso, and created the Callis workshop with Robert Picault. He founded his own workshop in 1952 and sold his collections notably in the United States at the Saks Fifth Avenue department store. He received awards in numerous international exhibitions in Milan, Brussels, Cannes... From 1963, he gradually abandoned shaped pieces for decorative tiles used in architecture: wall panels, building lobbies, stores. From the 1980s, he turned to unique pieces and Raku sculptures. Bibliography: “French ceramics of the 1950s” by Pierre Staudenmeyer, Norma Editions.
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