FRÈRE DANIEL DE MONTMOLLIN (B. 1921) À TAIZÉ Coloquinte vase. Glazed stoneware. Marked D. TAIZÉ under the base. Height: 16.5cm Provenance: Christine Lavenu Collection: Christine Lavenu Collection. FRÈRE DANIEL DE MONTMOLLIN (BORN 1921) Brother Daniel de Montmollin joined the Taizé monastic community in 1942, following a classical training in France and Switzerland. His vocation as a ceramist was shaped by decisive encounters with Alexandre Kostanda, his mentor, as well as Philippe Lambercy and Antoine De Vinck. The author of a number of texts on ceramics, he closely articulates practice and theoretical, even meditative, reflection in his work with clay. This intellectual and sensitive approach can be seen in his stoneware work, with its characteristic high-fire glazes.