SAVIGNY Berthe (1882-1958) - HB QUIMPER "Baby Polychrome... Lot 86

SAVIGNY Berthe (1882-1958) - HB QUIMPER "Baby Polychrome glazed earthenware subject, signed with "Quimper" and "S.F" marks inside (Wear under the base). Height Height : 10 cm Sister of painter Pierre de Belay, Berthe Savigny was, like him, a self-taught artist. Both painter and sculptor, she came into contact with the Grande Maison earthenware factory before 1926. Eighteen subjects were born of this collaboration, mainly in earthenware, polychrome or white, but also in stoneware. The Susse foundry in Paris also published some of his terracotta works. A veritable ode to childhood, Berthe Savigny's modelling is always imbued with freshness, tenderness and great sensitivity. Bibliography: Philippe Théallet & Bernard-Jules Verlingue, "Encyclopédie des Céramiques de Quimper", Editions de la Reinette, Tome V, pages 350 and 351 for more on this subject.