THE CLOUTIER BROTHERS - JEAN & ROBERT CLOUTIER (1930-2015) & (1930-2008) - FORMER PATRICK FAVARDIN COLLECTION Ram, 1958 Sculpture. Black glazed ceramic. Signed CLOUTIER under the animal's belly. Height: 22cm - Length: 28cm Provenance: Former Patrick Favardin Collection. Exhibitions: - N6-N7 - Les Nationales de la Céramique - Écomusée de la Bresse bourguignonne, Château de Pierre-de-Bresse, from April 4 to December 20, 2015. Our work exhibited at this event. - Les Trente Glorieuses - Collection Pascal Marziano1950-1980. Un timbré de céramique - Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, from April 5 to October 25, 2020. Our work exhibited at this event. - Et l'Arche de Noé fit escale à Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie - Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, from April 2 to October 29, 2023. Our work on display at this event. Bibliography: - Patrick Favardin - Les frères Cloutier, Céramistes et sculpteurs - Éditions Norma, Paris, 2014. A slight variation reproduced on page 44. - N6-N7 - Les Nationales de la Céramique - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at the Écomusée de la Bresse bourguignonne, Château de Pierre-de-Bresse (April 4 - December 20, 2015), Éditions Écomusée de la Bresse bourguignonne, 2015. Our work reproduced on page 7. - Philippe Chambost, Pascal Marziano and Arnaud Serpollet - 1947-2017, 70 ans d'expression céramique française - Éditions Les livres de l'îlot, Neuvic, 2020. Our work reproduced on page 218. - Et l'Arche de Noé fit escale à Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie- Catalogue de l'exposition organisée au Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie (2 avril - 29 octobre 2023), Éditions du Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie, 2023. Our work reproduced on page 12. THE CLOUTIER BROTHERS - JEAN & ROBERT CLOUTIER (1930-2015) & (1930-2008) From 1955 onwards, twins Jean and Robert Cloutier developed an original and varied ceramic production, covering utilitarian and decorative objects as well as architectural creations. Trained by Georges Jouve and Pol Chambost, they combined their technical mastery and boundless imagination to create a singular plastic universe. Their free, poetic work explores anthropomorphic, zoomorphic and hybrid forms, often in monochrome or bichrome, with distinctive red-glazed interiors. Incomparable creators, the Cloutier brothers are essential players in the post-war revival of ceramics.