JACQUES POUCHAIN (1927-2015) - DIEULEFIT WORKSHOP - FORMER PHILIPPE CHAMBOST COLLECTION Vertical scarification Very large shouldered vase with wide, annular neck. Enameled stoneware proof. Signed and located Jacques POUCHAIN Dieulefit, in cursive incised letters below the base and stamped J.P. circular towards the base. Height: 37cm Provenance: Philippe Chambost Collection: Philippe Chambost Collection. Exhibitions: - Traits d'union - 70 ans d'expression céramique française (1947-2017) - Hospice de Malrigou, Saint-Jean-d'Estissac, June 1 to 3, July 21 to 29 and August 19 to 26, 2018. Our work exhibited during this event. - Les Trente Glorieuses - Collection Pascal Marziano1950-1980. Un timbré de céramique -Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, April 5 to October 25, 2020. Our work exhibited at this event. Bibliography: Philippe Chambost, Pascal Marziano et Arnaud Serpollet - 1947-2017, 70 ans d'expression céramique française - Éditions Les livres de l'îlot,Neuvic, 2020. Our work reproduced on page 215. Born in Paris, Jacques Pouchain trained as an architect, but gave up when he discovered his vocation for abstract art. In the late 1940s, he moved from Paris to the Drôme, where he later opened his own ceramics workshop in Dieulefit. His work, composed of both utilitarian and artistic pieces, bears witness to a certain modernity and is distinguished by engraved decorations and brown and black glazes. The subjects of his artist's ceramics are drawn from the natural and animal world, with a marked taste for more familiar animals, such as horses, owls, sheep, hens and peacocks, among others. In the 1960s, he turned to ceramics with abstract decorations and architectural volumes, then, in the 1970s, his research focused on themes linked to fertility and femininity, with a more figurative approach. Her output thus expanded to include works with almost "surreal" volumes and shapes, which elegantly distort her repertoire of animal and human representations. With soft, uncluttered lines, he creates ceramics whose strong visual presence is matched by the purity of their modelling. Although he pursued his painting activities in parallel, it was his ceramics production that earned him international renown and participation in numerous Salons, Biennales and exhibitions, both in France and abroad.