Owl Carved from Stoneware by Alfred Berger

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Maison Lecan presents this owl made of wheel-thrown stoneware by Alfred Berger, a ceramic artist born in Strasbourg in 1945. … Read more Maison Lecan presents this owl made of wheel-thrown stoneware by Alfred Berger, a ceramic artist born in Strasbourg in 1945. It is a wheel-thrown cylinder, open at the top, to which he added two large, ringed eyes and a beak. The dark brown glaze flows over the belly, revealing the fluting from the wheel-throwing process. The eyes are glazed separately in coppery tones.

In 1962, Alfred Berger enrolled at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg. There, he took courses in ceramics with Frédéric Watteel and in modeling with Jean Henninger, and later earned his CAFAS degree. In the 1960s and 1970s, he exhibited at the Bartholdi Museum in Colmar, the Maison des Métiers d’Art Français in Paris, and the Salon des Arts du Feu in Vallauris. His pieces were on permanent display in galleries in Strasbourg, Mulhouse, and Saint-Dié.

The owl is unsigned, but Alfred Berger himself confirmed to us that it was his work.

In very good condition, with a small chip on the lower rim.

Dimensions: Height 23 cm, diameter 6.5 cm See less