Manit Ozère - Ceramic Bowl With Engraved Abstract Decoration

Small earthenware bowl with abstract sgraffito decoration. Signed and located in Vallauris. Circa 1950. A few minor chips around the rim. Manit Ozère, whose real name was Frédéric Hauser, was a 20th-century painter, sculptor, and ceramicist, born in 1896 in Budapest and died in 1976. Of Hungarian origin, he adopted the pseudonym Manit Ozère during his artistic career. Trained in painting in Central Europe, he left his country between the two World Wars due to the political situation and traveled extensively, notably to America, India, and South America during World War II. After the war, he settled permanently in Vallauris, on the French Riviera, where he developed a body of work combining painting, sculpture, and ceramics. He was part of the post-war modernist movement and actively participated in the local artistic scene, marked by the presence of major artists such as Picasso and Cocteau. His work is characterized by stylized figurative forms, an exploration of materials and textures, and a free expression influenced by the art of the 1950s and 1960s. Manit Ozère is considered a rare artist, whose unique career and strong roots in the Vallauris art scene attest to a precious and singular body of work.