Biographie de Mithé Espelt, céramiste française avant-gardiste qui choisit durant une grande partie de sa carrière de ne pas signer ses oeuvres afin de préserver sa liberté. A. Candau analyse son style et retrace sa jeunesse au sein d'un foyer heureux, ses liens avec des personnalités telles que Jean Hugo, Emilie Decanis ou Line Vautrin ainsi que ses nombreux voyages. ©Electre 2025
The life of Mithé Espelt, an avant-garde ceramicist born in 1923, is a real saga made fascinating by the appearances of famous characters that were part of her everyday life. People such as Jean Hugo, Louise de Vilmorin, Valentine Schlegel, Frédéric Mistral, Francois Desnoyer, Emilie Decanis, Line Vautrin, Jaime Sabartés...
Despite being a modern classicist, this woman cannot be described as mundane. At the end of the war, she chose not to sign her work in order to reject narcissistic rivalries and better preserve her freedom. She adopted this unusual attitude as a very young artist, and this enabled her to create all the brilliant pieces she wanted for almost half a century.
Focusing on the feminine universe, in 1947 she set up an extravagant carousel in which swirl a myriad of small mirrors and secret chests filled with jewellery that glitter under a pure gold rain. Her objects question desire and seduction, envy and gluttony, reality and illusion. Amidst bird song and flowers, her works deliver a message bursting with optimism and love. Camouflaged as useful objects and lacking a signature, these accessories have all too often been neglected and scattered to the four winds.
However, her work fascinated Antoine Candau, who has unveiled the incredible life of an artist who did not want to be known. Written in collaboration with Mithé Espelt, his book, far from being reserved for experts, can be read like a novel. Additionally, he sheds an innovative light on French post-war ceramic art and encourages us to take a new look at all the beauty around us.
Paru le : 14/09/2020
Thématique : Céramique - Poterie - Terre cuite
Auteur(s) : Auteur : Antoine Candau
Éditeur(s) :
Odyssée
Collection(s) : Non précisé.
Série(s) : Non précisé.
ISBN : 978-2-909478-46-3
EAN13 : 9782909478463
Reliure : Broché
Pages : 207
Hauteur: 27.0 cm / Largeur 22.0 cm
Épaisseur: 2.3 cm
Poids: 1078 g
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