Berthe Savigny bookends faience Quimper

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Biography:

Born in Quimper, she is the daughter of the painter Azéma Savigny, sister of the painter Pierre de Belay, Berthe Savigny specialized in the creation of babies and earthenware statuettes. Her brother Paul married Yvonne Delavallée, daughter of Henri Delavallée who is also a renowned artist at the Pont Aven school
The practice of art will allow Berthe Savigny, suffering from partial deafness following an accident, to escape social isolation. Her works mainly represent children.
Her babies met with great success from 1926, which led her to contact the earthenware factory of the large HB house in Quimper. Since 1939, the large HB House has been publishing 18 models in series. From 1937 she signed a contract for the edition of two babies with a Malicorne earthenware factory in Sarthe. The Susse Frères foundry in Paris distributed some of her terracotta works. In the end, the artist created 70 models of babies.
She worked with the poet and painter Emile Bernard. The correspondence between the two artists suggests a love affair. The two artists exchanged their own ceramic heads, one representing Berthe Savigny signed by Emile Bernard and another in terracotta representing Émile Bernard signed by Berthe Savigny. They remained very close until 1941, the year Emile Bernard died.
Berthe Savigny created a few paintings. However, they were less successful and less well-known. She died on November 14, 1954. A street in Quimper is named in her honor
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Pair of bookends, namely that the little girl was once restored, see photos, the little boy is in a beautiful state of preservation, they are both signed by Berthe Savigny
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