Jean Besnard (1889-1958) - Ceramic vase - Orange colour

Jean Besnard (1889-1958) Vase. In ceramic. Brick colour and decorated with flowers and foliage. Signed under the base. Height: 12.8cm. Diameter: approximately 9.5cm. Diameter at the neck: 8cm. Very good condition. *Son of the great decorator and painter Albert Besnard (1849-1934), Jean Besnard moved away from painting to focus on ceramics. Following his meeting with Paul Jacquet, a Savoyard potter who also created ceramics for the decorator Francis Jourdain, he continued his training in a workshop in Ivry before settling in Paris. Primavera published his creations from 1922. From 1925, he exhibited his works at the Tuileries Salon alongside Paul Beyer, Émile Decoeur, and Séraphin Soudbinine, and the following year at the Autumn Salon and the Salon of Decorative Artists. He is the inventor of the "crisped" white enamel, which allows for crackle effects giving some pieces the grainy appearance of shagreen. From 1932, he gave the surface of his vases textile impressions using lace and tulle before firing. His pieces are also decorated with gold and platinum, combined with black, pink, or rosy white enamels. Jean Besnard enjoys simple forms sometimes tinged with a slight humour, such as jugs shaped like scolds. Michel Faré, curator of the Museum of Decorative Arts, said of him: "He wanted to restore the nobility of the potter's wheel. [...] He wanted to restore the beauty of logical forms, without renouncing the resources of fantasy." His works are present in the Luxembourg Museum, the Museum of Decorative Arts, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Lyon. Sources: Christine Lavenu, Art Angelux.