Roger Capron

ROGER CAPRON (France, 1922 - 2006).
Coffee table "Les Herbiers". Vallauris, France, 1960s.
Glazed ceramic top.
Wooden base.
Measurements: 30 cm x 95 cm x 95 cm.

Coffee table designed by the ceramist Roger Capron in the 1960s. The glazed ceramic top consists of a circular top decorated with a meticulously chiseled herbarium, distributed in concentric circles, in different shades of brown, sienna and earth tones on a lighter background.

Roger Capron studied Applied Arts in Paris between 1939 and 1943, and from 1945 he combined his artistic activity with teaching. In 1946 he settled in Vallauris, where he created a workshop known as Atelier Callis, fundamental in the renaissance of the art of ceramics in this locality. A few years later, in 1952, Capron acquired an abandoned ceramics factory in Vallauris and reopened it with fifteen workers; by 1957 his factory was already enjoying considerable international prestige. In 1980, one hundred and twenty workers were working there, and at this time he began to produce unique pieces that were exhibited in different countries, although the economic crisis led to the closure of the factory in 1982. In 1982 Capron created a new workshop under his own name. Throughout his career, this artist was awarded a gold medal at the Milan Triennale (1954), a silver medal at Cannes (1955), a gold medal again at the Brussels Architectural Ceramics Exhibition on two occasions (1957 and 1958), the French Ministry of Culture prize (1970) and the Prix Spécial de l'Architecture (1980).