"Ceramic Painting Signed Gilbert Valentin"
A ceramic bass with rampart decoration, signed Gilbert Valentin. Gilbert Valentin, born September 16, 1926, in Nancy, is a French ceramist, painter, and sculptor. His career began in Dieulefit in 1946, where he discovered ceramics. He studied at the Vierzon school and worked as a ceramic engineer in Lunéville-Saint-Clément. In 1950, he settled in Vallauris, a renowned ceramics center, and founded Les Archanges with his wife, Lilette. Valentin was a key figure in the renewal of forms and decorations in French ceramics, and he collaborated with numerous artists, including Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau. 
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