POL CHAMBOST(1906-1983) - Lot 18

POL CHAMBOST(1906-1983) 1045, the model designed in [1954] and presented at the IXth Salon des Ateliers d'Art Vase evoking a female bust. Black glazed ceramic proof. Marked Poterie Pol CHAMBOST - 1045 under the base. Height: 25.5cm - Length: 24cm Exhibitions: - IXe Salon des Ateliers d'Art - September 1954. Identical models presented at this show. - N6-N7 - Les Nationales de la Céramique -Ecomusée de la Bresse bourguignonne, Château de Pierre-de-Bresse, April 4 - 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. Bibliography: - Philippe Chambost - Pol Chambost. Sculpteur-Céramiste, 1906-1983 - Somogy Éditions d'Art, Paris, 2006. Identical models, in black or white, reproduced or featured in period photographs reproduced on pages 52, 81 and 92. - Pol Chambost, céramiste-designer: de la petite série à la pièce unique, cinquante ans de création - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée de la Poterie Méditerranéenne, Saint-Quentin-la-Poterie (April 8 - September 29, 2018), Éditions Les livres de l'îlot, Neuvic, 2018. An identical white-glazed model is shown on page 9. Born to a sculptor father and a painter mother, Pol Chambost naturally turned to artistic training at the École Bernard-Palissy - the future École des Arts appliqués in Paris - where he studied sculpture. After a period working with his father and training at the École des Arts Décoratifs, he soon became interested in working with clay - a complex, plastic, living material. A self-taught potter, but armed with his knowledge as a sculptor, he approaches the material with a marked attention to volume. His works feature sinuous, organic forms with undulating, flowing contours that evoke elements of the natural world. Their contours are defined by soft, curving lines, sometimes folded or turned in on themselves. Color is also at the heart of his plastic research. Chambost is interested in contrast; his great predilection for matt black is very often associated with the use of bright colors in an almost systematic interior/exterior opposition. Vases, bowls, bottles, dishes, plates: from the early 1950s onwards, Chambost's production included numerous models and series, which he designed and had made in his workshop. His taste for contrasting colors remained unchanged, and his shapes evolved under the prism of other influences. First, Bernard Palissy (circa 1510-1598 or 1590), then ceramists of the 17th and 18th centuries, whose rustic figulines he appreciated - glazed pottery featuring animal figures, fruits or plants in relief. He then created trompe-l'œil pieces, mainly for the table, with naturalistic decoration - some in collaboration with Colette Guéden (1905-2000) for Primavera (Atelier d'Art du Printemps) exhibitions. From the early 1960s, he worked mainly with monochrome earthenware in luminous colors - blue, turquoise, orange, yellow, green - and turned his attention to more classical, traditional forms. The Médicis vase is one such example. Through his subtle use of shapes and colors, Pol Chambost not only explored a wide variety of visual languages, but also forged his own distinctive artistic identity. The quality of his ceramic creations enabled him to take part in numerous exhibitions, art events and fairs - including the Salon des Ateliers d'Art, which he helped to found and in which he participated on many occasions. He received major decorative commissions, and met and collaborated with the most important designers of his time. His ability to bring tradition and modernity together in a new pottery production established him as one of the great names in French ceramics in the 1950s.