Chapallaz, Edouard

First name: 
Edouard
Surname: 
Chapallaz
Year of birth: 
1921
Birthplace: 
Yverdon
Country of birth: 
Switzerland
Working period: 
1953-
Year of death: 
2016
CV: 

Edouard Chapallaz is born in Yverdon (CH) in 1921. From 1936-1939 he studied at the École Suisse de Céramique in Chavannes-Renens. From 1953 on he runs his own Studio in Embrach, than in Genève and since 1958 in Duillier-sur-Nyon. Edouard Chapallaz passed away February 2016.

Work of the artist: 

In the mid 1940s, Edouard Chapallaz (1921-2016) was fascinated with Chinese ceramics from the Song Dynasty. These inspired him to recreate the perfection of their high temperature glazes in his own work.

Bibliography: 

• Thormann, Olaf, Gefäss / Skulptur - Vessel / Sculpture; Keramik / Ceramics seit / since 1946 Grassi Museum für Angewandte Kunst Leipzig, 2013.