Quimpéroise At The Market By André Galland - Manufacture Henriot - Brittany

Manufacture Henriot, polychrome earthenware, circa 1930. Height 11.5 cm.

André Galland (1886-1965), son of a cloth manufacturer, is a French designer and illustrator. He was made a knight of the Legion of Honor in 1933, in recognition of a work that had an influence on his time. An eclectic artist, he also created earthenware, posters and lithographs that are now sought-after pieces by collectors. After studying at the Collège Rollin, the Arts Décoratifs and the Beaux-Arts in Paris, he abandoned the preparation for the Prix de Rome to launch himself into working life. He turned to the press, and owed his first steps as a sketch artist to Paul Renouard. A few years later, he became his student at the Arts Décoratifs. He knew how to make the most of an original drawing method, called "bone points", which provided real pencil reporters, skilled at photographing an animated scene in the blink of an eye. Galland defines himself as a "sketch reporter". This is also the spirit of his work at the Manufacture Henriot.