Jean Lurçat (1888-1966), Large Ceramic Dish With Mermaid Decor, Sant Vicens, 1950s

Magnificent large ceramic dish with a yellow and dark brown glazed cover. Signed Jean Lurçat for St Vicens, under the base. Perhaps a unique piece, not numbered. Very good condition Jean Lurçat is a French painter, ceramist and tapestry designer, born in Bruyères (Vosges) on July 1, 1892 and died in Saint-Paul-de-Vence on January 6, 1966. He owes his fame mainly to his tapestry work, the language of which he profoundly renovated in the 20th century. Between 1953 and 1965, Jean Lurçat published tiles, dishes, pitchers and plates of exceptional quality with Gumersind Gumila. Lurçat experimented with a freedom that was forbidden to him with tapestry. His pieces present as essential motifs his cosmic universe, moons, suns, imaginary beings. Lurçat used ceramics as a real space for experimentation, allowing him to test new patterns and new color combinations to then transpose them into his work as a tapestry maker.