MADO JOLAIN (1919-2021) Circular bowl with wide re-entrant rim forming a socket. Polychrome glazed ceramic. Signed Mado JOLAIN in cursive incised letters under the base. Diameter: 24.5cm Provenance: Galerie Pierre J, Nantes: Galerie Pierre J, Nantes. Exhibition: Mado Jolain (1921-2019) Céramiste. Côté Maison. Côté jardin- La Piscine, Musée d'art et d'industrie André Diligent, Roubaix, from June 22, 2024 to January 12, 2025. Our work exhibited at this event. Bibliography: Karine Lacquemant - Mado Jolain (1921-2019) Céramiste. Côté Maison. Côté jardin - Catalogue of the exhibition organized at La Piscine - Musée d'art et d'industrie André Diligent, Roubaix (June 22, 2024 - January 12, 2025), Éditions Snoeck, Gand, 2024. Our work reproduced on page 45. MADO JOLAIN (1919-2021) Trained at the Arts Décoratifs and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Mado Jolain opened her studio in 1948 with her husband, painter René Legrand. Her early utilitarian creations, influenced by Georges Jouve, soon evolved towards a dual aesthetic: functional pieces with thick enamels and dark colors, and decorative works blending figuration and abstraction, with broad flat tints of color on a white enamel background. Her research gradually focused on form rather than decoration, exploring the effects of superimposition. In the 1960s, she turned to outdoor ceramics, retiring in 1965 after a final series of monumental pieces.