Ancien Grand Vase Art Deco Emile Simonod Glazed Ceramics Savoie Signed Sispa

  

Ceramic varnished with flower decoration. Note a small shard on the collar (see photos 6). Dimensions: height 33.5 cm - diameter collar 11 cm - weight 1.9 kg. The photos are part of the description. Born in Dolomieu on December 21, 1893.

Died in cognin (Savoy) on April 4, 1977. Born in a house in the place of church. Emile simonod lived his early years in the hamlet of the guinet where his parents were weavers and farmers.

He had to leave betting in 1919 to settle at cognin. In Savoy, where he and his wife find a job at the institute of deaf youth. The Savoy will give this lover of nature that he roamed in all seasons with his easel and colors, the opportunity to discover pottery.

Leaving painting, he created Savoyard pottery in 1926, then in 1928. The Savoyard industrial art pottery society (sispa). This company, which will employ up to 16 people. Of which four decorators, will cease its activities around 1940. Simonod wanted his works to be useful objects first.

But suitable for all the needs of everyday life and be the providers of the pleasant face of the home, he said. Its enamels, made from metallic oxides, brought to the Savoyard pottery tones that were unknown.

A metallization process, simonod's invention around 1930, interested many foreign countries, including the Americans, and will give his work an original touch. More gifted for the arts than business management, emile simonod had to give up the 1939-1945 war. He returns to his first passion, painting. Accustomed to the Savoyard walls until 1977. The year of his death, his pictorial work is estimated between 3500 and 4000 paintings.

Emile simonod was also a musician and wielded rhyme with an equal talent. More than 300 poems constitute the written work. Emile simonod, depending on the season, was a part of many activities.

He still gave him time to cycle across the Savoy to join his many friends with whom he shared memorable ball games. Its long walks were also an opportunity to bite nature in all seasons, with a predilection for the city. Of which he left sumptuous compositions.

The item \"old large art deco vase emile ceramic simonod glazed Savoy signed sispa\" has been on sale since Friday, May 29, 2020. It is in the category \"ceramics, French-Savoy ceramics\".

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