Jug - Ceramics - Mado Jolain - c. 1960.

Jug with handle in glazed earthenware in a free form by Mado Jolain (1921-2019), decorated in two tones, cream white glaze on the outside and blue-green on the inside. Stylised decoration of a flower with its branch and three oblong shapes. Circa 1960. Signed under the base M J for Mado Jolain (1921-2019). This renowned ceramist was trained at the School of Decorative Arts in Paris, and Mado Jolain established her workshop with her husband René Legrand in 1948. Her style is heavily influenced by popular arts and traditions. Very quickly, with her husband's help, she shifted towards decorative pieces (plates, jugs, vases) that are figurative or have an abstract tendency. By the end of the 1950s, she reinvented outdoor ceramics and created pieces for gardens and terraces. Bibliography: "French Ceramics of the 50s" by Pierre Staudenmeyer, Norma Editions, page 194.