Salted stoneware sculpture, high fire, Louis Gustave Cambier & Roger Guérin, Bouffioulx ca 1925

Rare sculpture of a young man or boy attributed to the sculptor and painter louis-gustave cambier and made in the workshops of the belgian ceramist roger guérin in bouffioulx around 1925. Their collaboration is well-known and several busts were made there in grand feu salted stoneware (see last image). This slightly iridescent blue/green enamel is typical of the creations of the master potter roger guérin. The underside of the piece is also typical of r. Guérin's creations. Perfectly executed iridescent enameling and glaze. Ceramic in very good condition, note 3 small chips under the base (see images, red arrows). Louis-gustave cambier (1874, brussels – 1949, ixelles). Painter – engraver – sculptor. Louis-gustave cambier, belgian artist, trained at the brussels academy and the ranson academy in paris. He was a pupil of jean-françois portaels in brussels, then of paul signac in paris (1893-1897). During this period, he formed friendships with major figures of the nabi movement, such as paul sérusier and maurice denis, whose influence is reflected in his early religious compositions, notably his stained glass cartoons. Cambier married juliette ziane, a self-taught flower painter and niece of the art critic octave maus. She became a pupil of her husband, with whom she shared an artistic career. (...).