Ceramic Vallauris
Robert Picault
Cup / Empty pocket decorated with geometric pattern
Diameter: 135mm
Height: 35mm
Weight: 240 grams

Robert Picault (1919-2000) contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with lines and simple geometric designs (round, cross, line, etc.). The enameled pieces are most often bichromate, with traces of copper oxide for the green and iron oxide for the brown. Its distinctive style was very successful 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 the Callis workshop with his school friends Roger Capron (1922-2006) and Jean Derval (1925-2010).
In this village of a hundred potters, they rubbed shoulders with 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...