Pol Chambost (1906-1983) was born in Saint-Etienne, France. After studying at the School of Applied Arts in Paris, he followed his father’s footsteps and became a funeral sculptor.
Few years later, he discovered ceramic and use it at the familial marble mason’s workshop then during the creation of his first pieces. Passionate by this art, he decided to found his own workshop. Afterwards, he enlarged his art and his technical and began production in series. He met with great success in France but also in the United-States, and won many prizes.
His very modern and colorful pieces were plebiscited by Jacques Tati who used some of them in his film “Mon Oncle” in 1958. He died in Périgueux in 1983.
