Vase, René Maurel, 1971

Small vase decorated with a frieze of stylized figures in sgraffito inspired by frescoes by Tassili discovered in the 1950s. Signed and dated: March 1971 Tourettes-sur-Loup René Maurel is a ceramicist and painter who built his reputation on the meticulousness of its decorations in sgraffiato. Established between 1945 and 1960 in Vallauris, capital of artistic ceramics and pottery on the Côte d'Azur, Maurel quickly distinguished himself from local production by his precision, his technicality, his chromatic sensitivity and his imaginative iconography. He then settled not far from Nice, in Tourettes-sur-Loup, where he shaped until 1974.