Ernest Chaplet

He was a key figure in the French art pottery movement,[1] and his works are held in international public collections such as the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

Having worked in industry for over 30 years, he opened an atelier with the sculptor Albert-Louis Dammouse in 1882, producing stoneware often influenced by Japanese designs[2] and Chinese prototypes.

He worked on ceramics with Paul Gauguin from 1886;[4] together they created some 55 stoneware pots with applied figures or ornamental fragments, multiple handles, painted and partially glazed.

From 1887 Chaplet took up permanent residence at Choisy-le-Roi, often collaborating with the ceramics manufacture Alexandre Bigot.

He won acclaim at the 1900 International Exhibition,[3] but lost his sight in 1904, after which his son Emile Lenoble took over his studio.