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Article: Nineteenth century French followers of Bernard Palissy.
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- April 1, 1994
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The name Bernard Palissy (c. 1510--c. 1590) brings to mind brightly colored earthenwares teeming with animals and plants.(1) Coiled vipers, slitheirng lizards, tranquil frogs and turtles, swimming fish, and crawling insects are depicted in a harmonious landscape. It is little wonder that this distinctive ceramic tradition, known as figulines rustiques, or rustic eathenware, endured from the sixteenth until well into the nineteenth century.
Palissy was a true Renaissance man, not only a potter but also a painter, philosopher, scientist, and writer. He perfected the technique of firing brilliantly colored metallic oxides on lead- or tin-glazed earthenware and is ...