Fantastic Old Folk Art Carved Cat with Painted Eyes figurative ceramic and I'd guess second half

and I'd guess second half of the 20th century

I've learned that it was made by Bernard Chaudron (b 1931 in Lille

but I think this old painted horsehair plaster bas-relief of what I assume is a Grecian couple (he's wearing a laurel wreath) makes for a pretty striking object to hang on the wall

minor--really crisp and graphic and bright

There are a few other small cracks in the rubber here and there

Fantastic Old Folk Art Carved Cat with Painted Eyes figurative ceramic and I'd guess second halfI've had a few old carved cats with great folky faces in the shop, but this is for sure my favorite, and I think it is quite an old one. The stain is definitely original to the piece and has aged to yield a really wonderful surface with mustard yellow undertones, and then creamy white paint for the whites of the eyes, with big black painted pupils. I could look at this face all day, with the alert, carved out ears perfectly framing the long slope of a