Jean Derval Furniture

Two rare boxes by Jean Derval. Glazed ceramic lids with bird shaped handle, olive wood box. Small variations in decoration and bird's shapes and sizes ...

Exceptional and sculptural pitcher (32 cm!) White/grey glazed earthenware. Wood cooking. Portal workshop. Vallauris, france. Around 1960. Bibliography
 Similar model reproduced in ...

Roger Capron & Jean Derval ceramic table lamp, France 1970. Strong cubistic shape with a nice contrasting round medallion showing a refined texture...

Small covered stoneware pot with a bird shaped handle to the lid by Jean Derval Vallauris, France 1950s signed to the base Jean Derval is a French mid century potter...

Jean Derval and (1925-2010) and Gustave Reynaud (1915-1972). Twelve plates decorated with fantastic birds and fish. Gustave Reynaud is documented in 1956 in Vallauris; he founded the Le Murier pottery, and there sold table...

Vintage French ceramic of the Virgin with Child by Jean Derval (circa 1950s). Given Jean Derval's religious convictions, it's hard not to think of this exquisite ceramic sculpture as an explicit spiritual statement of hope, determination and faith. Derval expressed his Christian convictions in pieces he made in the 1950s depicting the Virgin, saints and characters for Provencal Christmas cribs. A wonderful collector's piece - Derval's works continue to appreciate in value year after year. In good overall condition commensurate with age. Signed: 'J Derval' on the back side of the piece. Please see the many accompanying photos with this listing. Upon request a video may be provided. About the artist: Jean Derval (1925-2010) went to Vallauris, France in 1947 where he worked initially with Roger Capron and Robert Picault. Jean Derval met Picasso in 1949 in the famous Madoura workshop where he trained with the master for two years. He set up his own pottery in 1951 but occasionally worked for other potters including his brother-in-law, Gustave Reynaud (founder of Le Mûrier pottery). Derval was awarded a major prize by the Cannes International Academy of Ceramics in 1955 and other prestigious medals for his exhibitions in Europe. His work was also shown in New York and Chicago between 1956 - 1960. Derval won awards at several Vallauris Biennales and in 1998, he was the subject of a film made by Pierre Rémy. His skills as a graphic artist are evident in the bowls, vases and figurines he designed in the early 1950s, which often relate to religious work and to Romanesque art. Yet he was receptive to the lessons of Cubism as is illustrated by the mutations of classic forms in many of his pieces. Far from ignoring the lessons of Abstraction, the decoration Derval used for vases, pitchers and bowls...

Mid-century French decorative earthenware pot with lid by Jean Derval (circa 1960s). A conical tajine form is seated on its pedestal decorated with a frieze of stylised plants. There...

Very original ceramic by Jean Derval from the 60's from the Atelier de Mûrier. Mounted as a desk or side lamp, shade in vintage wool. Glazed ceramic in beige and red tones, with nice...

French ceramic decorative bowl by Jean Derval for Le Mûrier (circa 1960s). Rectangular in shape with curved edges and stylised French coq motif hand painted in the recess. The piece ...

Roger Capron ceramic vase titled Day and Night created in 1970 with Jean Derval. This form was often also created as a lamp. The vase is much more rare and a similar vase is pict...

Jean Derval France, 1950s Ceramic figure of woman holding a lamb. Size: H 28 x Ø 13 cm.   

Ceramic vase by Jean Derval, active in Vallauris, France, during the 1960s.