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Blue ceramic table lamp by Jacques Blin, in the shape of a bottle, with stylized engraved animals and geometric motifs.
Signed below, new shade.
Jacques Blin (1920-1995) Jacques Blin was a famous French ceramist who started out as an aeronautical and automotive engineer. During the Second World War, he taught industrial design in Paris and worked in the aircraft industry. In the late 1940s, he decided to pursue his passion for design at an artistic level and began learning ceramics in Paris at various workshops. He began creating jewelry, lamps and utilitarian ceramics in small workshops in Paris, Indre and the Loire region. His friendship with the painter Jean Rustin (1928-2013) helped him develop a personal imagination in his ceramics. His creations are often engraved on clay with mythological figures including wild and fantastic animals, making his style recognizable. He has received national and international recognition, exhibitions and awards such as the Grand Prix Bernard Palissy (1958) and first prize at the 1965 International Ceramic Exhibition. From 1971 to 1991, Jacques Blin was President of the Chambre Syndicale des Céramistes and a founding member of the Salon des Ateliers d'Art, now known as the : Fondation des Ateliers d'Art. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1983 and an Officer of the National Order of Merit in 1988.
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