Picasso ceramics

In 1946, Pablo Picasso visited an exhibition of ceramics in Vallauris, an area in southeastern France known for its ceramics. It was a defining moment for Picasso, who throughout his long life was always looking for new artistic challenges in every conceivable material. He moved to the region soon after and established a permanent connection with the Madoura pottery workshop in 1948.

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Picasso's Ceramics expresses the restless, fluid lightness of his later years. His experiments with various ceramic materials, oxides and glazes created an enormous body of work: around 4,000 ceramic objects with motifs of animals and women, among others, evoked through Picasso's ingenious, elegant handling of form and line. This great work in ceramics constitutes a lesser-known but highly original part of Picasso's oeuvre.

Picasso Ceramics presents more than 150 of Picasso's most important ceramic works, reproduced in beautiful four-color prints and texts about the artist's works in ceramics. The book also includes a detailed glossary of ceramic terms and a review of the forms Picasso most often used.

Dimensions: 26 x 21.5 cm
Pages: 128, hardback
Language: English
Authors: Helle Crenzien, Kirsten Degel, Poul Erik Tøjner, Michael Juul Holm (eds.)
Publisher: Louisiana Museum of Modern Art