POL CHAMBOST (1906 - 1983) trained in the early 1920s at the School of Applied Arts before joining his father’s marble factory at Ivry-sur-Seine, and working in the family tradition as a funerary sculptor.

After a decade of this rather dour work, he discovered ceramics, experimenting with the medium in the family workshop for the first time in 1936. By the end of the 1930s, he had achieved a mastery of the medium and founded his own ceramics studio. He was both indefatigable and prolific, at one point during this period creating 70 pieces in a mere six months.

From the start, his work was notable for its celebration of fresh biomorphic forms and beautifully contrasting colors—a notable juxtaposition by which his mature work can be recognized immediately.

His remarkable success can be attributed, at least in part, to his facility in drawing artists and craftsmen together. He was a pioneering member of the Chambre Syndicale des Seramistes d'Art, an artisans’ union in France, and showed annually throughout his career at the Salon des Ateliers d’Art and at the Salon des Artistes Décorateurs at the Salon des Arts Ménagers, in addition to the sundry shows and fairs dedicated to decorative artists and home economics.

(Source: Maison Gerard)