ROBERT PICAULT VALLAURIS MID CENTURY BAKING DISH FRANCE

Description

AVAILABLE FOR SALE IS A RARE AND WONDERFUL MIDCENTURY BAKING DISH FROM ROBERT PICAULT FROM VALLAURIS FRANCE.
THIS BAKING DISH MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 13" LONG BY 10" WIDE AND 2" DEEP. IT IS IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION WITH THE ONLY FLAW BEING A CHIP ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RIM. PLEASE REFER TO THE PHOTOS. THE CHIP DOES NOT SHOW UNLESS YOU TURN THE DISH OVER.
Robert Picault was born in 1919 and after studying ceramics at the Ecole des Arts Appliqués in Paris moved, at the end of World War Two, to Vallauris where, he set up his own pottery in the Chemin du Fournas.
He was a friend, colleague and next-door-neighbour to Pablo Picasso, and the two learnt from each other aspects of the other's specialities.
He used copper oxide and iron oxide in his glazes, and the bulk of his work is characterized by green and brown motifs on a white background.