Georges Jouve

‘Poule’ Sconce

c. 1948, France
Ceramic, White glaze
"Poule" (hen) applique
15.5 x 9 inches (39 x 23 cm.)

Literature: Philippe Jousse and Galerie Jousse Enterprises, Georges Jouve, Paris, 2005, pg. 189 for identical lamp

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Georges Jouve (1910 - 1964) graduated from the prestigious Ecole Boulle. During World War II, Jouve was captured by the Germans, escaped from a camp, and took refuge at his step parents home in a potters village in the South of France called Dieulefit. There he learnt from the local potter's traditions. In 1944 he opened his studio in Paris, and in the years that followed, he would go on to become a leading ceramicist of the mid 20th century. He succeeded in modernizing the art of pottery by developing unique techniques motivated by his individual style of sensual and sometimes ironic creations.