2 Handheld candlesticks design ceramic Robert Picault

2 vallauris ceramic candlesticks signed robert picault. Dating back to the 50s. Excellent condition. Height: 7.5 cm. Diameter: 10 cm. Robert picault (1919–2000) French ceramist in vallauris. Robert picault contributed to the revival of culinary ceramics by updating traditional local forms decorated with geometric lines and designs. His identity style was a great success and continues to decorate the table today. His personal pieces are sought after by art collectors. A former student of the ecole des arts appliqués in paris, robert picault arrived in vallauris in 1946. He created with his schoolmates roger capron (1922-2006) and jean dercal (1925-2010), the callis workshop. In this village of a hundred potters, they rubbed shoulders with the neighboring ceramists andré baud the 4 potters and among others the madorais workshop, where he frequented the famous painter picasso from 1949 to 1955. He also became friends with jean coctaux, fernand léger, louis aragon and elsa triolet.