Roger Capron

A multifaceted character, Roger Capron is the only French ceramist of his time who both accomplished an important artistic work and founded a leading industrial company. After following the teaching of decorator René Gabriel, whose influence had a profound impact on the young generation of creators of the 1950s, Capron chose to become a ceramist. In 1946, he created the Callis workshop in Vallauris with Robert Picault. It was during this period that the emblematic shapes and representations of his work appeared: branches, stylized characters, suns and geometric patterns. At the end of the 1950s, a commission for a 300 m² fresco for the Cannes maritime station introduced him to architectural ceramics. Three years later, he created the sandstone dance floor for the famous Byblos hotel in Saint-Tropez. Today the artist is over eighty years old, and his work is the subject of real enthusiasm among collectors around the world. Galleries regularly exhibit it in Germany, Canada and the United States.

23 x 30.5 cm

160 pages

250 illustrations

ISBN: 9-782909-283531

Text in French only