Enamelled Cement Fireplace By Rogier Vandeweghe For Amphora, Signed, Circa 1979

Exceptional glazed cement fireplace by Rogier Vandeweghe for Amphora. According to our records, no more than ten (10) were made. Only one, very similar to the one we are presenting, is located on a private property in Zwijnaarde (near Ghent). See last photo.
Signed Amphora. Circa 1979.
Dimensions H 252cm x W 261cm x D 68.8cm

Rogier Vandeweghe (Ruiselede, 1923 - Bruges, 2020) was a Belgian ceramist, glassmaker, calligrapher and painter. Rogier Vandeweghe and his wife Myranna Pyck founded a workshop (ceramics and glassworks company) in 1952 in Perignem and then in Sint-Andries (Bruges), where they created glazes of exceptional subtlety. In 1960, Rogier and Myranna named their company 'Amphora'. Rogier's designs received international recognition with a second prize at the International Ceramics Competition in Monza (Italy) in 1960 and a prize at the International Crafts Fair in Munich in 1963. The ultimate crowning achievement of Rogier's ceramic creations came in 1964 with a 'Gold Medal for Creative Creation' at the International Art Ceramics Competition in Faenza. In the 1960s, Amphora became famous for its refined vases with a graceful silhouette, to which Rogier Vandeweghe was able to fully indulge as an aesthete.