Charles Catteau

Charles Catteau (26 January 1880, Douai – 20 October 1966, Nice) was a French Art Déco industrial designer.

Charles Catteau
Born26 January 1880
Douai, France
Died20 October 1966
Nice, France
NationalityFrench
EducationAlexandre Sandier
Théodore Deck
Known forCeramics
MovementArt Déco
AwardsGold medal of the Exhibition of Decorative and Industrial Arts (Paris, 1925)
Vase for Boch Frères, 1924 ca.

Biography

Born at Douai, Charles Catteau trained at the National Ceramics School in Sèvres and followed a training course at the National Porcelain Factory in the same town. In 1904, Catteau was hired by the German Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory, near Munich.

In December 1906 he moved to La Louvière with his small family and started to work for Boch Frères Keramis, a Belgian earthenware factory located in La Louvière since the 19th Century. It is unclear whether Anna Boch introduced Catteau into the La Louvière factory. The two artists had known each other since Munich. Catteau immediately became a member of Anna Boch's "Kring Der Vrienden Der Schone Kunsten" (= Circle of Friends of The Fine Arts).

In 1907 he was appointed head of the Decoration Department and Workshop of Imaginative Design, where he remained until 1948. He died at Nice in 1966.

Sources
  • Draguet, Michel (ed.) (2001). Catteau – Donation Claire De Pauw et Marcel Stal. Bruxelles: King Baudouin Foundation. ISBN 2-87212-357-1.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Corrieras, Dominique (1991). L'homme de Kéramis – Charles Catteau (in French). Paris: Vivre son Temps. ISBN 2-9505973-0-0.
  • Pairon, Marc (2006). Art Deco Ceramics Made in Belgium. Charles Catteau. Fondation Charles Catteau. ISBN 90-810243-1-0.


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