Giarrusso, Raphaël

Raphael Giarrusso (1926-1986)

Painter and ceramist. Native from Canada, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Montreal. Assisted by a scholarship, he moved to Paris in 1948 to paint. In 1953 he joined the Manufacture d'Accolay, in the Yonne, where he worked as a decorator for about 10 years. In 1963, he opened his own studio in Vermenton where he produced many sculptural zoomorphic ceramics, medieval figures and luminaries. His art is disseminated in particular thanks to the many Salons d'Ateliers d'Art in Paris in which he participated.