Important Africanist Art Deco wall plaque in high-fired salt stoneware made in 1937 by Baron Pierre Paulus de Châtelet in Bouffioulx, unique piece.
Piece signed underneath, listed in several books (see image of vase and dish in photos).
In perfect condition, with a few stains and imperfections in the decoration and under the piece, intended and accepted by the artist.
Provenance: Private collection of Baron Pierre Paulus de Châtelet.
On the international market, ceramics from the Art Deco period (1925 to 1940) with Africanist decorations are rare, noteworthy are René Buthaud, Charles Catteau, Eugène and Pierre Paulus... Between 100 and 200 pieces by the artist are currently known and listed.
- Artist: Baron Pierre Paulus de Châtelet (1881-1959)
- Signature: Signed "P.PAULUS - 1937
- Period: 20th Century / 1937
- Country of Origin: Belgium
- Dimensions (H x W): 5 x 45 cm
- Weight: 3 kg
- Condition: Excellent
- Style: Art Deco / Africanism
- Material: Ceramic / High-fired salt-glazed stoneware
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Price:3700 €
Biography:
Pierre Paulus (Châtelet 1881 - Brussels 1959) was first and foremost a great Belgian Expressionist painter known as Baron Pierre Paulus de Châtelet. After the death of his brother, the ceramist Eugène, he designed and painted vases with Art Deco African-inspired decorations and forms, but he did not turn the potter's wheel himself, leaving the exceptional potters of Bouffioulx, such as Edgard Aubry, "the king of potters," to work in his place. He also produced pieces in the kilns of the Bischoffsheim school in Brussels, where he taught painting, drawing, and ceramics.
He participated in numerous exhibitions and received the Grand Prize of the Exhibition for his ceramics at the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1937.
In 1939, he exhibited in the United States and in 1948 at the Exhibition of Contemporary Belgian Ceramics.
Rare works found in private and family collections and in some Belgian museums.