Salt-glazed stoneware sculpture, Roger Guérin, stylised fish, Art Deco

Rare fish sculpture in stoneware published by Roger Guérin in Bouffioulx (Belgium), unsigned. Similar sculptures can be seen in "Au gré du grès - De l'Art Nouveau à l'Art Déco - Roger Guérin & Edgard Aubry" by Stéphane Pignolet, Cécile Schaack, Inge Taillie - published in 2007 by the "Musée Le Clockarium". Biography: Roger Guérin (1896-1954) was a renowned Belgian ceramist (Bouffioulx) in the 20th century, particularly from the Art Deco period, and a friend of Edgard Aubry. He was born in Belgium in 1896 and showed a keen interest in ceramics from a young age. He enrolled at the University of Labour in Charleroi, where he took "pottery" classes with Willem DELSAUX. Transitioning from Art Nouveau to Art Deco (between 1915 and 1945), he created vases and sculptures in "GRÈS SALE GRAND FEU" in a single firing (1300 °C). He thus skillfully evolved within the two artistic styles of his time. From 1934 to 1939, he was appointed PROFESSOR at the Higher School of Decorative Arts in CAMBRE, BRUSSELS. Perfect in his creations, he was contacted for numerous artistic collaborations and produced pieces for renowned artists (both Belgian and foreign) such as Marcel Wolfers, Cris Agterberg (Amsterdam School in the Netherlands), Thierry Van Rijswijck, Domien Ingels, Cris Lebeau (Amsterdam School in the Netherlands), Angelo Hecq... The vases with wrought iron mounts are the result of a collaboration with François Carion, creator of lighting and lamp bases for the French crystal manufacturer Muller Lunéville frères. He participated in numerous exhibitions and notably won the silver medal at the INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF DECORATIVE AND MODERN ARTS IN PARIS in 1925. With international recognition, he was found in 1947 at the JENSEN GALLERY in NEW YORK. His preferred forms are: the round vase, faceted and geometric (quite timeless), and sculpture. His work is comparable to Delaherche, Dalpayrat, Lenoble, Pointu...