ROGER GUERIN, Monumental three-lobed vase 40 inch, UNIQUE piece, Art Deco Stoneware, 1920

ROGER GUERIN (unique piece), 102 cm museum and monumental vase, circa 1920.
Flamed sandstone known as salé grand feu, in the form of coloquinte, trilobe type.
Signed on the side, in the mass under cover (see photo), the vase is pierced under the piece.

Biography: Roger Guérin (1896-1954) is a Belgian ceramist (Bouffioulx) of great renown in the 20th century, especially from the Art Deco period. and friends of Edgard Aubry. He was born in Belgium in 1896 and shows a keen interest in ceramics. He enrolled at the Charleroi Labor University, yes, he took pottery courses with Willem DELSAUX. Passing from the Art Nouveau period to Art Deco (between 1915 and 1945), he created vases and sculptures in GRES SALE GRAND FEU in a single firing (1300 °). He will evolve with talent in the 2 artistic styles of his time. In 1934, he was appointed PROFESSOR at the Superior University of Decorative Arts at CAMBRE in BRUXELLES. Perfect in his achievements, he will be contacted for numerous artistic collaborations and will publish pieces for recognized artists (Belgian and foreign) such as Marcel Wolfers, Cris Agterberg (School of Amsterdam in the Netherlands), Thierry Van Rijswijck, Domien Ingels , Cris Lebeau (School of Amsterdam in the Netherlands), Angelo Hecq ... Vases with a wrought iron frame are the fruit of collaboration with François Carion (lights and lamp bases for the Muller Frères Lunéville crystal glassworks).

He participated in numerous exhibitions and notably obtained the silver medal at the INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF DECORATIVE INDUSTRIAL AND MODERN ARTS OF PARIS in 1925. International recognition, we find him in 1947 at the JENSEN GALLERY in NEW YORK.

His favorite forms are: the ball vase, faceted and geometric (quite timeless), sculpture. His work compares to the works of Auguste Delaherche, Pierre Adrien Dalpayrat, Emile Lenoble, Léon Pointu, Ernest Chaplet, Emile Decoeur, Paul Jeanneney (dit Loewenguht) Jean Carries, Bernard Leach