Maurice de Vlaminck
Pottery Vase Painted With Flowers, ca. 1908
Ceramics
17.8 × 15.2 cm
After discovering the art of Maurice de Vlaminck at the 1905 Salon des Indépendants, Ambroise Vollard visited Vlaminck's workshop in 1906 and bought all the paintings which were in the artist's atelier. Vollard soon brought him to Asnières to meet André Metthey, encouraging Vlaminck to work with the ceramicist. Along with Georges Rouault, Vlaminck became one of Metthey's most faithful collaborators working with him until 1910 and perhaps even up to 1912. Decorating pieces by the Asnières ceramic ovens, Vlaminck also met another important figure for his future career, Jean Metthey, who would later become the painter's dealer. The first time Vlaminck's ceramics were exhibited was in March 1907 in Vollard's gallery where the dealer had organised Vlaminck's first one-man show. A main character in the Ecole d'Asnières, Vlaminck's ceramics were also exhibited six months later at the 1907 Salon d'Automne, and continued to be displayed with his paintings at various exhibitions from 1908 to 1910. The Metthey-Vlaminck production can be estimated to about three hundred ceramics, comprising mainly plates, dishes, vases, buttons and a few coffee- or tea-sets.
After discovering the art of Maurice de Vlaminck at the 1905 Salon des Indépendants, Ambroise Vollard visited Vlaminck's workshop in 1906 and bought all the paintings which were in the artist's atelier. Vollard soon brought him to Asnières to meet André Metthey, encouraging Vlaminck to work with the ceramicist. Along with Georges Rouault, Vlaminck became one of Metthey's most faithful collaborators working with him until 1910 and perhaps even up to 1912. Decorating pieces by the Asnières ceramic ovens, Vlaminck also met another important figure for his future career, Jean Metthey, who would later become the painter's dealer. The first time Vlaminck's ceramics were exhibited was in March 1907 in Vollard's gallery where the dealer had organised Vlaminck's first one-man show. A main character in the Ecole d'Asnières, Vlaminck's ceramics were also exhibited six months later at the 1907 Salon d'Automne, and continued to be displayed with his paintings at various exhibitions from 1908 to 1910. The Metthey-Vlaminck production can be estimated to about three hundred ceramics, comprising mainly plates, dishes, vases, buttons and a few coffee- or tea-sets.