BD297
Vase from Vallauris, 1950s
10" high, 7" wide
Vallauris
is a commune in the département of Alpes-Maritimes and the Provence-Alpes-Côte
d'Azur region of France. In 1948, Picasso came to live in Vallauris where he
stayed until 1955. During his time there, he created a great many sculptures
and paintings including War and Peace, which was one of the major artworks of
the period. He also developed a fascination for the two techniques of ceramics
and linocuts. As freeman of the town, Picasso greatly contributed to the renaissance
of the Vallauris pottery industry in the 1950s, this mythical golden age and
time when everyone was a potter. Many inhabitants still evoke his presence and
that of his contemporaries (Françoise Gilot and her children Claude and Paloma,
then Jacqueline Roque, his last partner whom he married amid the greatest secrecy
at Vallauris town hall in 1961), the bullfights, exhibitions and visits by all
kinds of famous people. In 2007 Jonathan Adler introduced a new line of ceramics
named for the town.
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