Picasso Bird Ceramics

Whilst on holiday in golfe juan with françoise gilot in 1946 picasso visited the annual pottery exhibition.

Picasso bird ceramics.

His favourite owls with human faces an owlet and a goat were the artist s pets at that time prevail among the characters. F rom graphic plates to elegant vases and bird shaped pitchers this sale represents an exceptional variety of works produced over several decades by picasso in collaboration with the madoura pottery the artist s time in the south of france had a profound effect on his creative ambitions and his newly discovered passion for pottery was central to his practice from 1946 until his death in 1973. Since picasso created his ceramics while on holiday his creations often feature a sense of joy and wit. Human images most often appear as a jar or a vase woman 1955.

Madoura picasso ceramics are highly collectible in their own right. Picasso known for his prolific output designed 633 different ceramic works ranging from carved editioned plates to unique bird shaped pitchers. At the time picasso spent his summers on the cote d azur in the south of france. He is famous for his role in pioneering cubism with georges braque and for his melancholy blue period pieces.

Pablo picasso was undoubtedly an extraordinary 20th century painter but i also feel that in the field of abstract impressionism his ceramics were also remarkable. Original signed picasso lithographs and prints are a sure investment. At the end of the 1940s pablo picasso spanish 1881 1973 started creating ceramic works. Pablo picasso revolutionized the art world and to many is the artist of the 20th century.

All of picasso s ceramics were produced at the madoura pottery run by the ramie family in vallauris in the south of france. Picasso s three dimensional ceramics mainly refers to the animalistic genre.