One of the rising stars of the midcentury ceramic canon is French artist Pol Chambost 1906-1983. Trained as a sculptor, his understanding of form, light and shade is demonstrated in his ceramics which he began to handbuild in the 1930s, but by the 1950s he had begun to produce vessels in series from moulds, distinctive in form and colour. Never one to shy away from bold tones, Chambost used lime greens, electric blues, pinks, and of course the monochrome black and white, typical of the period which also lent these pieces a greater sense of gravitas. Chambost's ceramics are playful, but at the heart of them is an advanced artistic understanding of form. Collected by those in the know, Chambost has even inspired a fashion collection by avant-garde designer Raf Simons, himself a respected boundary-pusher within his own industry. Perhaps the greatest tribute to his work was the choice of the great Jaques Tati to use Chambost's contemporary ceramics to represent the quintissential decor of a modern home in his most famous film "Mon Oncle"
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