DEBLANDER Robert

Freshly graduated from the Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Robert Deblander began a journey through the legendary centers of French ceramics (Dieulefit, Vallauris, St-Amand-en-Puissaye). This journey completed his training and allowed him to establish his first studio in Neuilly in 1941. A pioneer, Deblander was one of the first to consider ceramics as a support for painting and masterfully created abstract decorations that were harmonized by the perfect balance of his compositions. Eager to return to form, Deblander devoted himself to monochrome stoneware from 1961. His work is distinguished by emblematic forms of stoneware and porcelain pottery accompanied by a subtle range of colored enamels, vases with a very architectural profile that fragment the space while integrating perfectly into it. Robert Deblander participated in numerous exhibitions, notably in 1963 on the occasion of a retrospective on contemporary stoneware at the Musée national de la céramique de Sèvres.