"Gilbert Valentin Les Archanges Earthenware Pitcher Vase Vallauris"
Important and rare cracked orange glazed earthenware pitcher vase, white inside, by Gilbert Valentin poterie les Archanges in Vallauris, circa 1950. Perfect conditionHeight 19cm, width 22cm
Signed below Gilbert Valentin Les Archanges Vallauris with the emblem of the pottery.
Gilbert Valentin (1928-2001)
Son of an artistic ironworker, he learned the technique of iron and wood sculpture. He discovered pottery in Dieulefit in 1946, took ceramics courses and did an internship at the Lunéville earthenware factory in 1948. It was in 1950 that he settled in Vallauris and founded the pottery of the Archanges. He exhibited in Paris, Milan, New York (1954-55), then Stuttgart, Faenza. In 1960, Jean Cocteau became the president of the Club des Archanges. In 1962, he exhibited his white prints in Brussels. From 1963, he set up a workshop for ironwork, in parallel with his pottery creations. He is one of the biggest names in pottery in Vallauris. Bibliography: "The Golden Age of Vallauris" by Anne Lajoix, Les éditions de l'Amateur, page 177.
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