Ceramic Lamp by Jacques Blin. Signed on the base. Excellent condition. Nicely proportioned.

Ceramist Jacques Blin, was born in, Pierrefonds France in 1920. His university degree was in the aeronautics and automotive field. Initially he taught industrial drawing and worked as an engineer. But by 1949 he abandoned his aeronautics and began to make jewelry and lamps from his home.

He explored ceramics and learned in studios in Paris, Auxon and Indre-et-Loire, evolving into a prominent maker of ceramics.

In 1953 he began exhibiting at Salon des Ateliers d’Art and in 1955 he met the artist Jean Rustin, whose influence helped him refine a distinctive style which is characterized by incised pictographs showing figures and plants. His glazes are cloudy and have rocky effects from his application of Metallic.

In the 1960s he exhibited his work at the Salon des artists Décorateurs and Salon des Tuileries and the Prague Exposition Internationale de la Céramique Contemporaine, where he won the gold medal in 1962. In 1966 he won the silver medal at the Société des Artistes Français. He chaired the Chamber of Ceramists and Art Workshops of France from 1971 to 1991.

He died in 1995.