ROGER GUERIN, Art Deco ceramic vase, shape R030 white, Bouffioulx stoneware, ca 1925

A large Art Deco vase in white 'salé grand feu' flamed stoneware, spherical in shape, made in Bouffioulx, Belgium around 1925 by the ceramist and potter Roger Guérin. Signed and identified under the base for its shape R030 (see photo).
Rare, pure contemporary line, in fine condition, note a small chip under the reverse (see image).
Biography:
Roger Guérin (1896-1954) was a Belgian ceramist ( Bouffioulx ) of great renown of the XXth century, especially of the Art Deco. period and friends of Edgard Aubry. He was born in Belgium in 1896 and showed a keen interest in ceramics. He enrolled at the Université du Travail in Charleroi where he took pottery classes with Willem DELSAUX. Moving 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 developed his talent in the 2 artistic styles of his time. In 1934, he was appointed PROFESSOR at the Université Supérieur des Arts Décoratifs de la CAMBRE in BRUSSELS. Perfect in his creations, he was contacted for numerous artistic collaborations and produced pieces for well-known artists (Belgian and foreign) such as Marcel Wolfers, Cris Agterberg (Amsterdam School in the Netherlands), Thierry Van Rijswijck, Domien Ingels, Cris Lebeau (Amsterdam School in the Netherlands), Angelo Hecq... Vases with wrought-iron frames are the fruit of a collaboration with François Carion (lighting and lamp bases for the Muller Frères Lunéville crystal glassworks).
He took part in numerous exhibitions, winning a silver medal at the EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DE DECORATIFS INDUSTRIELS ET MODERNES DE PARIS in 1925. International recognition followed in 1947 at the JENSEN GALLERY in NEW YORK.
His favourite forms are: the ball vase, faceted, geometric (timeless), sculpture.
His work is comparable to that of Auguste Delaherche, Pierre Adrien Dalpayrat, Emile Lenoble, Léon Pointu, Ernest Chaplet, Decoeur, Paul Jeanneney (known as Loewenguht) Jean Carries, Bernard Leach...