Paul Simon, Art Deco Ceramic Tobacco Pot

Paul Simon was born into a family of artists, and received a well-rounded education in his Montparnasse neighborhood.

He entered the beaux arts to study architecture, and then joined the grande chaumière in Antoine Bourdelle's studio and the decorative arts to perfect his drawing. During his training, Paul was guided by the sculptor RODIN, and the ceramist DELAHERCHE.

Incorporated in 1913 , then taken prisoner, this long captivity and the deaths of his friends would mark him forever.
From 1920, he worked at Sue et Mare, and was a member of the Société Nouvelle des Beaux Arts, the Salon d'Automne and the Tuileries.

On September 17, 1926, he married Élisabeth DERRIEN, from whom Corinne, their only child, was born. Paul went to the Jardin des Plantes, but the Second World War was a cataclysm for him.

His works were exhibited at salons between 1947 and 1955. Encouraged by his friend Édouard SANDOZ , he published tobacco jars at the Manufacture de Sèvres between 1950 and 1963.

Paul died in Gassin in July 1979.