NORBERT PIERLOT (1919-1979) Bottle vase. Glazed stoneware. Signed PIERLOT on reverse. Height: 19cm NORBERT PIERLOT (1919-1979) Trained as an actor, Norbert Pierlot discovered ceramics through his wife, Jeanne, née Boutet de Monvel. Together, they acquired the Château de Ratilly, which became a mecca for stoneware and contemporary ceramics. Norbert Pierlot's work evolved in parallel with the exchanges and encounters that took place at Ratilly. Gradually, he devoted himself entirely to pottery, then, in the 1970s, to limitless plastic research. His large, sometimes monumental, chamotte pieces go beyond their utilitarian function to explore matter, space and light.