Charles Catteau

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Charles Crépin Nicolas Catteau (born January 26, 1880 in Douai , † October 20, 1966 in Nice ) was a French-Belgian ceramicist .

Life

Vase by Catteau in the Jubelparkmuseum in the Jubelpark of Brussels.
Gazelle vase from circa 1924 in the Speed ​​Art Museum of Louisville, Kentucky .

Catteau attended the École Nationale de Céramique de Sèvres in Sèvres and then trained at the Manufacture royale de porcelaine de Sèvres . In 1904 he first worked for the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Nymphenburg near Munich. In 1906 he was employed by the Belgian stoneware factory Boch Frères Keramis . He was a member of the of the painter Anna Boch , the oldest daughter of the earthenware manufacturer Victor Boch, launched Kring The Vrienden The Schone Kunsten ( German  Circle of Friends of Fine Arts ). In 1907 he was appointed head of the decoration department and the imaginative design workshop , where he remained until 1948.

Catteau's creations were initially traditional, especially those in the Delft pottery style were successful, others were based on Art Nouveau . After the First World War he turned to the renewal of forms, decorations and glazes. His preferred colors were dark green, blue, black, and brown. He liked to work with stoneware, his enamel work became more and more colorful over time. He drew the inspiration for his designs from observing nature; In 1920 his pieces showed not only plants and animals but also geometric shapes. Catteau's work was inspired by Japanese and African art and kept in the style of Art Deco .

Charles Catteau is often considered one of the most versatile ceramic artists of his generation, who also influenced the aesthetics of the glass industry, which competed with the ceramic industry. As a teacher at the École industrial supérieure arts and crafts school in La Louvière , Belgium , he trained numerous decorators such as Paul Bernard, Henri Heemskerk, Paul Heller, Robert Hofman and Léon Mairesse, who worked in the local glass factories.

In 1925, Catteau won the gold medal at the Paris Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern . He was a member of the Société des Artistes Français and a frequent exhibitor at the Salon of the Société du Salon d'Automne . Some of Catteau's designs were shown in the 2003 exhibition Terres en lumière - Céramique, art d'aujour d'hui at the Center Wallonie-Bruxelles in Paris. In 2011 the Musée Royal de Mariemont showed in the exhibition Le Verre Art Déco et Moderniste. De Charles Catteau au Val-Saint-Lambert. Glass decorations by Catteau.

Catteau spent his retirement with his second wife in Nice, where he died in 1966.

literature

Web links

Commons : Charles Catteau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Charles Catteau. In: gallerease.com
  2. ↑ a b c d Catteau, Charles - Biography. In: artdecoceramicglasslight.com
  3. ^ Judith Miller : Miller's Art Deco. Living with the Art Deco Style. Hachette, 2016, p. 73.
  4. ^ A b Judith Miller: Miller's Field Guide: Art Deco. Hachette, 2014, pp. 87f.
  5. ↑ a b Verre Art déco et moderniste . In: Musée Royal de Mariemont, Mariemont 2011.
  6. ^ A b Catteau, Charles (1880–1966), painter, potter. In: Emmanuel Bénézit : Dictionary of Artists . ISBN 978-0-19977-378-7 , 2006.
  7. ^ Claire De Pauw, Marcel Stal: Catteau. King Baudouin Foundation, 2001, p. 33.
personal data
SURNAME Catteau, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Catteau, Charles Crépin Nicolas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French-Belgian ceramist
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Douai , France
DATE OF DEATH 20th October 1966
Place of death Nice , France