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