Robert Deblander
November 14, 2009 - January 9, 2010
Robert Deblander - Pyrités sandstone 60/70s
Robert Deblander is one of the great French ceramists. His turned and shaped pieces defined a new classicism in ceramics in the second half of the 20th century. An all-round artist and independent figure, he distinguished himself with emblematic stoneware and porcelain pottery shapes and a subtle, colorful range of monochrome glazes. His round or breakwater-shaped vases, with their precise, highly architectural profile, literally cut through the space in which they are inserted, and even appear to be a fragment of it.
In 2001, Robert Deblander's retrospective exhibition at the Musée de la Céramique de Sèvres led to the publication of a catalog book. The out-of-print work has now been republished in an expanded and updated version. The author of this new edition is Madame Antoinette Faÿ-Hallé, conservateur général du Patrimoine, in charge of the Musée national de Céramique de Sèvres.
Robert Deblander, who passed away in 2010, has a well-established reputation in France and abroad. The taut, monochrome classicism of his stoneware places him irrevocably in the avant-garde, alongside his counterparts (Joulia, Lerat, de Vinck...).
Robert Deblander - stoneware sculptures from the 70s
Robert Deblander - porcelain jug 1973
Robert Deblander - domed bottle 1968 /70
Robert Deblander - Sculpture, chamotte stoneware, 1968
Robert Deblander - Pipède stoneware 1970
Robert Deblander - Stoneware bottle, 1970.
Robert Deblander - Large ball vase with neck 1985
Robert Deblander - Pyrités sandstone 60/70s
