ROGER GUERIN & FRANCOIS CARION, salted stoneware shell vase made by Roger Guérin in Bouffioulx around 1920.
It is adorned with a wrought-iron frame by François Carion, a Belgian ironworker who also created frames for Schneider glass vases in France.
Created around 1920, the style is both Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
In perfect condition.
- Artist / Designer:Roger Guérin (1896-1954) & François Carion (1884 - ).
- Signature / Monogram:Signed.
- Period:20th Century / Mid Century / 1920 - 1940.
- Country of Origin:Belgium.
- Dimensions (H x W x D):42 x 20 x 20 cm.
- Weight:5 Kg.
- Condition:Excellent.
- Style:Art Deco / Art Nouveau.
- Material:Ceramic, Metal, Iron.
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Price:850 €
DELIVERY COSTS TO BE EXPECTED:
Collection:Free.
Delivery in Belgium:20€.
Delivery in France:50€.
Delivery in Europe:80€.
Delivery in the rest of the world:150€.
Biography :
Roger Guérin (1896-1954) was a Belgian ceramist ( Bouffioulx ) of great renown in the 20th century, particularly in the Art Deco period. and a friend of Edgard Aubry. Born in Belgium in 1896, he showed a keen interest in ceramics. He enrolled at the Université du Travail in Charleroi, where he studied pottery with Willem DELSAUX. Moving from Art Nouveau to Art Deco (between 1915 and 1945), he created vases and sculptures in ‘GRES SALE GRAND FEU' in a single firing (1300°). He developed his talent in the 2 artistic styles of his time. In 1934, he was appointed PROFESSOR at the Université Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de la CAMBRE in BRUSSELS. Perfect in his creations, he was contacted for numerous artistic collaborations and produced pieces for renowned artists (Belgian and foreign) such as Marcel Wolfers, Cris Agterberg (Amsterdam School in the Netherlands), Thierry Van Rijswijck, Domien Ingels, Cris Lebeau (Amsterdam School in the Netherlands), Angelo Hecq... The vases with wrought-iron frames are the fruit of a collaboration with François Carion (lighting and lamp bases for the Muller Frères Lunéville crystal glassworks).
He took part in numerous exhibitions, winning a silver medal at the EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DE DECORATIFS INDUSTRIELS ET MODERNES DE PARIS in 1925. International recognition followed in 1947 at the JENSEN GALLERY in NEW YORK.
His favourite forms are the ball vase and faceted, geometric (timeless) sculpture.
His work is comparable to that of Auguste Delaherche, Pierre Adrien Dalpayrat, Emile Lenoble, Léon Pointu, Ernest Chaplet, Decoeur, Paul Jeanneney (known as Loewenguht) Jean Carries, Bernard Leach...