Charles CATTEAU (1880-1966)
Art Deco Modernist Plate, Model D 849
In crackled enamels
Marked Keramis and “La Maîtrise D 849” Guiguichon under the base
Keramis Edition for Mastery
Diam. : 30 cm

Charles Crépin Nicolas Catteau was born on January 26, 1880 in Douai to a Belgian father and a French mother. After training as a ceramic engineer at the Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres – which would become the École Nationale Supérieure de Céramique Industrielle – where he worked for two years, he left in 1904 for Germany, to the Nymphenburg porcelain factory near Munich.

He was poached there by Boch Frères, who were looking to renew the production of their Boch-Kéramis factory in La Louvière (Belgium). In 1907, he took over the management of the decoration workshop, which he remained in charge of until his retirement in 1946. Working with all materials, trying his hand at all genres (Japanese, African, figurative, cubist, etc.).

Charles Catteau would experience success, with international recognition at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris in 1925, winning a Grand Prix. In 1929, he exhibited the paintings Porte de Bourgogne and Aux bords du Loing4 at the Salon des artistes français. He would leave behind many vases, including renowned stoneware, with stylized motifs drawn from flora and fauna.

After World War II, Charles Catteau retired to Nice on the French Riviera.