Berthe Cazin Explained

Berthe Cazin
Birth Date:16 August 1872
Birth Place:Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais)
Death Place:Sèvres (Hauts-de-Seine)
Nationality:French
Field:Painter, potter, goldsmith

Marie-Berthe Cazin (born 16 August 1872 in Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais); died 1 June 1971 in Sèvres (Hauts-de-Seine)) was a French woman painter, potter, goldsmith.

Biography

Marie-Berthe Cazin (née Yvart) was married to Jean-Marie Michel Cazin,[1] [2] and studied with his father, Jean-Charles Cazin.[3] She produced mostly decorative works, such as vases and plates, working in ceramic, hammered copper and silver, leather, horn and other.

It is believed that she worked alongside Jean-Michel throughout his entire career in ceramics and that many of the vases signed Jean-Michel were actually made by Berthe.[4] At some point she began to sign her ceramic work, which typically feature incised and relief floral decoration.

In 1913 she participated in the exposition with Henriette Tirman in Lyceum-Club.[5]

Other works

Marie-Berthe and her work is the subject of a new British musical In Clay which premiered in London in 2022.

Notes

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jasonjacques.com/works/jean-michel-cazin/ Jean-Michel Cazin
  2. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6149132n/f307.image.r=Berthe%20Cazin.langEN Gazette des beaux-arts 1920; Michel Cazin (1869-1917)
  3. http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00034306 Bénézit, 2006: CAZIN, Marie Berthe (1872-1971)
  4. http://www.jasonjacques.com/works/berthe-cazin/ "Berthe Cazin"
  5. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6106552r/f207.image.r=Tirman.langEN 'L'Art et les artistes: revue mensuelle d'art ancien et moderne...' 1912-1913