Boncompain - Ceramics

Monograph of the ceramic work of the painter Pierre Boncompain (born in 1938).

In collaboration with the famous potter Milici in Vallauris, the artist happily installed himself in front of the wheel and the clay ball, to create vases, dishes, plates illustrated with women above all, but also with couples, flowers, still lifes. The whole exudes an atmosphere of relaxed rhythm of life, almost indolence, mingled with the movements imprinted on the bodies of these warm and gentle women.

A glowing book that makes us appreciate ceramics as another form of sculpture. With 150 ceramics - many of them photographed from different angles - vases, jugs, panels, shaped pieces, bottles, tiles, dishes, plates, pitchers, jars, plates ...

Texts in French and English by Dominique Sassi.