Large Decorative Quimper Earthenware Dish By Keraluc René Le Rouzic, Featuring Owls, 20th Century

Largedecorative dish (38 cm) made of Quimper earthenware from Brittany, most likelyKeraluc, signed by René le Rouzic*, depicting two owls in the moonlightamong tree branches, from the 20th century.

This dish is in good condition and of very fine quality. Signed on the bottom.

Please note: slight soiling and signs of age, see photos.

In December 1941, he began as an apprentice at the HB pottery in Jean Caer’s workshop. He also benefited from the drawing and modeling classes that Victor Lucas, the new technical director of the major company since late March 1941, taught on Saturdays to the apprentices. Later, like other young artists, he seized the opportunity presented by the opening of a new pottery factory seeking designers. The conditions offered by Keraluc, including great creative freedom and generous pay, prompted him to leave HB in 1946 to rejoin Victor Lucas, who had resigned in March 1944. The HB pottery exhibited his creations alongside those of the other artists at the factory in July 1951 (seven pieces from this period are preserved by the Pottery Museum in Locmaria). He exhibited locally at several events, and the 15th Guilvinec Contemporary Art Fair organized by the Union des Arts Plastiques Bretons paid him a posthumous tribute during the summer of 1974. (Keraluc History Website)

• Diameter 38 cm
• F30 1280
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