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Vallauris ceramic pitcher signed A. Kostanda * decorated with colorful geometric patterns, vintage twentieth century.
This pitcher is in good condition. signed in the ass.
A note: tiny dirt and slight wear of time, see photos.
ceramist of Polish origin. Apprenticed with Louis Giraud in Vallauris in 1936, he taught ceramics in Biot. He settled in Cluny, Saône-et-Loire in 1942. At the end of the war, he taught turning and pottery at the Faïenceries de Longchamps apprenticeship center in Côte-d'Or. He will be the teacher of the four founders of the Accolay workshops. In 1949, he returned to Vallauris to take charge of Louis Giraud's workshop.
Alexandre Kostanda founded his own workshop in 1953. He brought sandstone clay from Cluny, which withstands higher firing temperatures, and mixed it with the earth of Vallauris. He was one of the ceramists who organized the International Ceramic Biennial of Vallauris in 1968. Its production, sensual and plastic at its beginnings, evolves towards a more refined ceramic, with floral or abstract motifs. In Vallauris, despite the shimmering colors of the local ceramics, Alexandre Kostanda maintains a predilection for muted colors, close to the natural shades of clay. Its ceramic, rustic in appearance, surprises with the finesse of its workmanship and the balance of its proportions, revealing Kostanda's exceptional technical mastery.
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