Art Deco vase Roger Guérin

Perfect condition for this vase in salted flamed sandstone great fire, spherical shape and flared on top. Vase signed underneath. Roger guérin (1896-1954) is a belgian ceramist (bouffioulx) of great renown of the twentieth century, especially of the art deco period. And friends of edgard aubry. He was born in belgium in 1896 and shows a keen interest in ceramics. He enrolled at the university of labor of charleroi yes he took courses in "pottery" with willem delsaux. Moving from the art nouveau period to art deco (between 1915 and 1945), he created vases and sculptures in " gres sale grand feu " in a single firing (1300 °). He will evolve with talent in the 2 artistic styles of his time. In 1934, he was appointed professor at the university of higher decorative arts of the cambre in brussels. Perfect in his achievements, he will be contacted for many artistic collaborations and will publish pieces for recognized artists (belgian and foreign) such as marcel wolfers, cris agterberg (amsterdam school in the netherlands), thierry van rijswijck, domien ingels, cris lebeau (amsterdam school in the netherlands), angelo hecq... Vases with wrought iron frames are the result of the collaboration with françois carion (luminaires and lamp legs for the muller frères lunéville crystallery). He participated in numerous exhibitions, including the silver medal at the international exhibition of industrial and modern decorative arts in paris in 1925. International recognition, he was found in 1947 at the jensen gallery in new york. His favorite forms are: the ball vase, faceted, geometric (timeless), sculpture. Work comparable to the works of auguste delaherche, pierre adrien dalpayrat, emile lenoble, léon pointu, ernest chaplet, decoeur, paul jeanneney (known as loewenguht) jean carries, bernard leach.

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