DENISE GATARD (1908-1991) Pitcher with detached handle forming a vase. Polychrome enameled ceramic proof; the exterior treated with cracked burnished gold, the interior in cracked white. Monogrammed D. G. under the base. Height: 31.5cm Provenance: Galerie Gendras-Régnier Galerie Gendras-Régnier. Exhibition: N6-N7 - Les Nationales de la Céramique -Ecomusée de la Bresse bourguignonne, Château de Pierre-de-Bresse, from April 4 to December 20, 2015. Our work exhibited at this event. Denise Gatard's artistic production was profoundly influenced by several figures: Jean Jouve, her father, an architect and decorator; Georges Jouve (1910-1964), her brother, with whom she studied ceramics; Jean Dunand (1877-1942), in whose workshop she learned to work with gold powder; Maurice Pré (1907-1988), her husband, a decorator. Drawing on these experiences and encounters, Gatard's ceramic work is characterized by a refined aesthetic, often asymmetrical and graphic, but always elegant, in which she alternates white, brown-black-gold, sometimes enriched with craquelure, with brighter colors. Inspired and trained by her brother, Georges Jouve, she developed her own ceramic language, which soon brought her great renown.