PIERRE BAYLE (1945-2004) Chalice. Smoky terra sigillata. Signed and dated BAYLE 16.11.88 inside the foot. Height: 15cm Provenance: Galerie Alexis Mostini, Paris. 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 242. PIERRE BAYLE (1945-2004) Trained at the C.E.T. in Castelnaudary, Pierre Bayle began his ceramic career as a wheel-turner in several potteries in Paris, before opening his own workshop in Mailhac in 1974. It was here that he began to explore the ancestral techniques of terra sigillata, which he succeeded in perfecting, making the "skin" aspect of the pieces a typical feature of his stylistic language. Inspired by the forms of Antiquity and nature, his bold works are adorned with brown-red or black-gray nuances - due to the application of iron oxides, fired by oxidation or reduction - that are inseparable from his work.