Large Vase By Simone Larrieu, Decorated With Fig Leaves, Ceramic.

Simone Larrieu (1912-1996) was a leading French ceramist. Herare particularly rare on the market and are highly sought-afterare particularly rare on the market and highly sought-after, due to their low production and high quality.quality.
Simone is the daughter of ceramist Octave Larrieu, with whom she worked in a small with whom she worked in a small workshop they set up in 1930 in Maubourguet,rue de la gare. Her father tended to focus on shapes, while Simone on decors, as she is also a watercolorist. Enameled decorsare more vivid or softer. She composes large stylized flowers for vases and pitchers.
Many pieces signed by Octave are decorated by Simone.Simone. In 1936, Simone left the village to follow her husband to Paris.She returned in 1939 and opened her own workshop. She then turned to making plates and pots for more everyday use.She moved to Gironde at the end of the war. Sheto oil painting, pastels, watercolours and gouache.gouache. Simone's ceramics have been described as exceptionalexceptional by specialists.