Art Deco Ceramic Pitcher With Twisted Handle And Relief Decoration. Roger Guerin, 1930

An elegant jug with an incredibly beautiful glaze and drip effect, created by a famous ceramist ROGER GUERIN in Bouffioulx in Grand Feu Salt Stoneware (firing around 1300°), circa 1930. A beautiful collector's item.    Signed, signature slightly covered with glaze.                                                                              
 Roger Guérin (1896-1954) is a Belgian ceramist (Bouffioulx) of great renown of the 20th century, especially of the Art Deco period. and friend of Edgard Aubry. He was born in Belgium in 1896 and showed, from a very young age, a keen interest in ceramics. He enrolled at the University of Work in Charleroi where he took "pottery" courses with Willem DELSAUX. Moving from the Art Nouveau period to Art Deco (between 1915 and 1945), he created vases and sculptures in "GRESS SALE GRAND FEU" in a single firing (1300°). He will therefore evolve with talent in the 2 artistic styles of his time. From 1934 to 1939, he was appointed PROFESSOR at the Université Supérieur des Arts Décoratifs de la CAMBRE in BRUSSELS. Perfect in his achievements, he will be contacted for numerous artistic collaborations and will edit 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 mounts are the result of the collaboration with François Carion, creator of light fixture mounts and lamp bases for the French crystal factory Muller Frères Lunéville. He participated in numerous exhibitions and notably won the silver medal at the INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRIAL AND MODERN DECORATIVE ARTS IN PARIS in 1925. His recognition being international, he was found in 1947 at the JENSEN GALLERY in NEW YORK.