SARL Laplace Pitchers

A large ceramic pitcher or jug, thick white enamel with black decoration. Roger Capron, Vallauris France circa 1960. Signed "RC".

An early modernist vase. Produced by Upsala-Ekeby, Sweden, 1940s. Stoneware or earthenware. Designed by Harald Östergren (1888-1974) Other designers of the period include Ettore S...

Robert Picault (1919 - 2000) French ceramist in Vallauris Robert Picault has contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with lines and geometric designs. His identity style has been a great success and continues to decorate the table today. His personal pieces are sought after by art collectors. A former student of the School of Applied Arts in Paris, Robert Picault arrived in Vallauris in 1946. He created with his school friends Roger Capron (1922-2006) and Jean Derval (1925-2010), the Callis workshop. In this village of a hundred potters, they met the neighboring ceramists André Baud, the 4 potters and among others the Madoura workshop, where he frequented the famous painter Picasso from 1949 to 1955. He also became friends with Jean Cocteau, Fernand Léger, Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. Robert Picault Vallauris France Olive Pot...