Set of 8 Hand-Painted Plates by Robert Picault — Vallauris, France, c.1950s

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Set of 8 Hand-Painted Plates by Robert Picault — Vallauris, France, c.1950sA striking and graphic set of eight ceramic plates by Robert Picault (19192000), the celebrated French ceramist who helped shape the postwar Vallauris pottery movement alongside close friend and studio mate Pablo Picasso. Each plate is hand decorated in Picaults signature turquoise, jade, and cobalt palettean instantly recognizable geometric style characterized by grids, spirals, and sunburst motifs. The set includes four dinner plates (9. 5 diameter)

The surface bears a richly layered patina

circa 1940s–1960s

the composition is centered by a romantic architectural landscape vignette

incorporated into a layered European-inspired interior

Whether displayed together as a symmetrical composition or separated within a space

executed in oil on board in the 1960s and signed A

and musculature are rendered with a delightful folk-baroque sensibility typical of southern Italian pottery workshops of the 1800s

this vessel features the classic baluster silhouette

Housed in a Period Gilt Frame

Available in two complementary sizes

Dimensions: 19” x 22”

or shelf accent