With this third blog about Museum Bernard Palissy I conclude my French ceramics triptych of the past few weeks. It was Palissy who lured us to southern France this year. A fitting ending to finish at his birthplace, Saint Avit…
More than 500 years after his birth, the myth of Palissy lives on. One of the first ceramists to stil known by name with his own “rustic” style. A style that has had counterfeiters, imitator and followers to the present day.
A renaissance ceramist, scientist, writer and martyr. Died in captivity, glaze secrets taken into his grave. Loved by the French ceramics connoisseurs. His myth, even outside France, still appeals to the imagination.