Joost Marechal (1911-1971)

Joost Maréchal is undoubtedly one of the most important post war Belgian ceramists. It is not an exaggeration to state that he played a similar role as Bernard Leach did in England a generation earlier. Taking the teachings of Leach, Maréchal started to renew Flemish ceramics and his teachings inspired a whole generation of young and talented ceramists in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's.

Until recently, the only source on Maréchals work remained the 1958 book on the artist by Albert De Poorter. Luckily the 2007 book by Marc Heiremans, Art ceramics - Pioneers in Flanders 1938-1978, filled this void and gives a good overview of his production, together with the works of the Amphora and Perignem workshops.

However it is very difficult for the ceramic enthusiast, collector, researcher, … to get a good idea of the work of this very versatile artist. Ceramics by Maréchal are very scarce, often the pieces are unique and even his 'serial' production was made in very limited numbers.

This is the reason why we are presenting a source catalogue, based on the pictures we took at our 2007 retrospective Joost Maréchal exhibition, assembling a representative body of his work.

For the realisation of this project we have to thank first and foremost the family of Joost Maréchal for their collaboration and support and Frank Huygens (Designmuseum Gent), who kindly lent his expertise in dating most of the pieces at the exhibition.

Please Visit http://www.joostmarechal.be for more information on the artist

Joost Marechal

Source library for his ceramics and ceramic sculpture (click to access).

Joost Marechal

1954-1960

Mask, 27 x 15 cm, unsigned.

1954-1960

Mask, 28,5 x 16 cm, unsigned.

1968-1969

Vase, 8 x 11 cm, impressed mark "JM".

1955-1956

Vase with painted motif of fish, 23 x 11,5 cm, impressed mark "Joost Marechal" & "JM" incised (bottom).

1967-1970

‘Head‘ sculpture, 15,5 x 16 x 11 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" and incised monogram "JM".

1967-1970

‘Head‘ sculpture, 15,5 x 16 x 11 cm, signed with incised monogram "JM".

1967-1970

‘Head‘ sculpture, 15,5 x 16 x 11 cm, signed with incised monogram "JM".

1968-1970

‘Explosion‘ sculpture, 8 x 30,5 x 20 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom).

1965-1970

Mask of a boy, 21 x 14 cm, unsigned.

1967-1969

Candlestick, 8,8 x 11,5 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1967-1969

Candlestick, 7 x 10,5 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM"

1968-1969

Candlestick, 8 x 30,5 x 20 cm, impressed mark "JM".

1946-1947

‘Horse‘ Bowl, 5,5 x 15,5 cm, signed "Kerammar" (bottom).

1965 ?

Vase, 16 x 13 cm, impressed mark "JM".

1968-1969

Object, 7,5 x 14 cm, impressed mark "JM" (top).

1965-1970

Bowl, 5,5 x 14 cm, impressed mark "JM" & glaze formula written on bottom.

1958-1960

Vase, 28 x 10 cm, unsigned with glaze formula written on the bottom.

1967-1969

Vase, 22 x 11 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) and impressed mark "JM"

1968-1969

Candlestick, 6,5 x 13,5 cm, impressed mark "JM"

1968-1969

Sculpture, 9 x 19 cm, impressed mark "JM".

1951

Vase, 17,2 x 16,5 cm, unsigned.

1955-1956

Vase, 26,8 x 11 cm, signed with impressed mark "Joost Marechal" (bottom) and impressed mark "JM".

1962-1964

Bowl, 6 x 17,5 cm, unsigned, in collaboration with Bart Maréchal & Ortrud Grevel.

1968-1969

Vase, 14,5 x 13 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1968-1969

Bowl, 8,5 x 16 cm, impressed mark "JM"

1956-1958

‘Two-colours‘ vase, 24,5 x 10 cm, unsigned

1968-1969

Vase, 18 x 10,5, impressed mark "JM"

1967-1969

Vase, 24,5 x 11 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1967-1969

Bowl, 5,5 x 21,5 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1948-1950

Dish, 14 cm diam., indistinctly signed (bottom).

1967-1970

Vase, 21,5 x 11 cm, impressed mark "JM" & glaze formula (bottom).

1965-1970

Vase, 16,3 x 10 cm, impressed mark "JM".

1967-1970

Bowl, 5,5 x 9,5 cm, unsigned, glaze formula (bottom).

1967-1970

Dish, 3 x 12 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom).

1968-1969

Bowl, 6 x 9,5 cm, impressed mark "JM" and glaze formula (bottom).

1968-1969

Bowl, 10,5 x 25,5 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1968-1969

Vase, 10 x 7,5 cm, unsigned, with glaze formula (bottom).

1967-1970

Sculpture, 33,5 x 14,5 x 6 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1967-1970

Object, cm, 10,5 x 8,5 x 7 cm, impressed mark "JM".

1967-1970

Sculpture, 36,5 cm, impressed mark "JM"

1967-1970

Candlestick, 5 x 6,5 cm, impressed mark "JM".

1967-1970

Study for a sculpture, 13 x 17 x 9 cm, unsigned

1967-1970

Study for a sculpture, 9 x 17 x 7,5 cm, impressed mark "JM"

1970

Study for a sculpture, 19 x 15 x 6,5 cm, unsigned

1960

‘Pregnant woman‘, 60 cm, unsigned.

1967-1969

‘Mother and child‘, 63 cm, unsigned.

1957-1959

‘Christ‘, 46 cm, unsigned

1957-1959

‘Woman‘, 46 cm, impressed mark "JM"

1957-1959

‘Holy woman‘, 46 cm, unsigned.

1955-1960

Jug, 17 x 11,5 cm, impressed mark "Joost Marechal" (bottom) and impressed mark "JM".

1955-1960

Jug, 22,5 x 11,5 cm, unsigned.

1962-1964

Bowl, 9,5 x 25,5 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1955

Bowl, 8,5 x 16 cm, unsigned

1955

Bowl, 10,5 x 30 cm, impressed mark "Joost Marechal" (bottom)

1946-1947

Vase, 19,5 x 16 cm, incised "Kerammar" (bottom).

1968-1970

Sculpture, 55 cm (with original wooden base), impressed mark "JM".

1968-1969

Bowl, 5,5 x 14 cm, impressed mark "JM" & glaze formula (bottom).

1962-1964

Dish, 20 x 15,5 cm, unsigned, in collaboration with Bart Maréchal and Ortrud Grevel.

1967-1970

‘Minimorfe‘ sculpture, 11 x 27 x 15 cm (with original cork base), signed "Joost Maréchal" & written monogram "JM".

1967-1970

Sculpture, 5,5 x 10 x 7 cm, unsigned.

1968-1970

Sculpture, 6,5 x 14 x 8 cm, impressed mark "JM".

1960-1965

‘Sagittarius‘ bowl, 6 x 12 cm, unsigned.

1954-1955

Bowl, 5,5 x 13 cm, impressed mark "Joost Marechal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1967-1969

Vase, 16 x 7,5 cm, unsigned, glaze formula (bottom).

1967-1969

Vase, 20 x 10 cm, impressed mark "JM" & glaze formula (bottom).

1967-1969

Bottle, 23,3 x 9,5 cm, impressed mark "Joost Marechal" & written monogram "JM".

1967-1969

Vase, 29 x 8 cm, impressed mark "JM".

1967-1969

Vase, 7 x 11,5, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1967-1969

Vase, 5,5 x 10 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1967-1969

Bowl, 5,5 x 13 cm, unsigned.

1955

Vase, 30,5 x 8,5 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" & impressed mark "Joost Marechal" & impressed mark "JM".

1956-1958

Vase, 23,3 x 9,5 cm, unsigned.

1968-1970

Vase, 7,5 x 9 cm, impressed mark "JM".

1968-1970

Vase, 18 x 8,5 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1968-1970

Vase, 14,5 x 7 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1968-1970

Vase, 9 x 6 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1968-1970

Vase, 17,5 x 7,5 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1968-1970

Vase, 27 x 12 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1968-1970

Bowl, 4,5 x 17 cm, impressed mark "JM".

1958-1960

Bowl, 11 x 28 cm, written monogram "JM" (bottom).

1965-1968

Bowl, 6 x 21 cm, unsigned.

1967-1968

Vase, 19,5 x 10,5, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1967-1968

Vase, 21 x 9 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1968-1970

Vase, 8,5 x 10 cm, impressed mark "JM".

1950-1955

Vase, 18,5 x 14 cm, unsigned.

1955-1956

Bowl, 5 x 8,5 cm, unsigned.

1956-1960

Vase, 12,5 x 10,5 cm, impressed mark "JM" & glaze formula (bottom).

1956-1960

Vase, 16 x 10 cm, impressed mark "JM".

1956-1960

Vase, 16,5 x 9,5, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1956-1960

Vase, 17,3 x 10 cm, impressed mark "JM" & glaze formula (bottom).

1967-1970

Sculpture, 19 x 12,5 x 10 (base included), impressed mark "JM".

1967-1970

‘Minimorfe‘ sculpture, 20,5 x 12 x 10 cm (original stone base included), unsigned.

1955-1956

Vase, 7 x 4,5 cm, glaze formula (bottom).

1967-1970

Study for a sculpture, 6,5 x 19 x 14 cm, unsigned.

1955-1956

Vase, 7 x 4,5, glaze formula (bottom).

1955-1956

Vase, 12 x 5 cm, impressed mark "JM" & glaze formula (bottom).

1955-1956

Vase, 12,5 x 7,5 cm, impressed mark "Joost Marechal" & glaze formula (bottom), impressed mark "JM".

1955-1956

Vase, 13 x 6,5 cm, glaze formula (bottom).

1955

Vase, 16 x 7,3 cm, impressed mark "Joost Marechal" & glaze formula (bottom), impressed mark "JM".

1955

Vase, 4,7 x 6 cm, unsigned, glaze formula (bottom)

1955

Vase, 5 x 6,3 cm, unsigned, glaze formula (bottom).

1967-1970

Sculpture, 30 x 11,5 x 12 cm (base included), impressed mark "JM".

1967-1970

Object, 15,5 x 9 x 4,5 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1967-1970

Object, 14,5 x 10,5 x 3,5 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom) & impressed mark "JM".

1967-1970

‘Minimorfe‘ sculpture, 6 x 9 x 7,5 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (bottom).

1958-1960

‘Woman with scarf‘, 37,5 x 21 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" & "JM" (back).

1940-1948

‘Christ‘, 40 x 39 cm, unsigned.

1946-1948

Madonna with Child, 19 x 15,5, unsigned.

1957-1960

‘Christ‘, 14,5 x 8 cm, unsigned.

1957-1960

‘Madonna with Child‘, 59 x 19 cm, signed "JM" (back).

1960

‘Girl‘, 27 x 15 cm, impressed mark "Joost Marechal" (back).

1956-1958

‘Brussel‘ shield, 14 x 15 cm, unsigned (exists also in version ‘Bruxelles‘).

1956-1958

‘Young Christ‘, 40 x 29 cm, unsigned

1956-1958

‘Young Christ‘, 40 x 29 cm, unsigned.

1951

‘Owl‘, 14,5 x 25,5 cm, designed by Cyriel Maertens.

1957-1960

‘Madonna with Child‘, 59 x 19 cm, signed "JM" (back).

1960-1965

‘Couple‘, 44,5 x 55 cm, monogram "JM" in relief (bottom left).

1954-1960

‘Mask‘, 26,5 x 17 cm, impressed mark "Joost Marechal" (back).

1954-1960

‘Mask‘, 26,5 x 17 cm, unsigned.

1956-1958

Tile, 20,5 x 22 cm, signed "JM" (bottom right).

1940-1941

Tray, 49,5 x 32,5, signed "Joost Maréchal Brugge" on one of the tiles.

1948-1952

Plate, diam. 24,5 cm, signed "Joost Maréchal" (back).

1968-1970

‘Reclining Nude‘, 36 x 80 x 59 cm, unsigned.

1967-1970

‘Torso‘, 65 x 30 cm, incised monogram "JM".

1965-1970

‘Watcher Head‘, 21 cm high, unsigned.

1970

Sculpture, 88,5 x 60 cm, unsigned.

1970

Prototype Bench for HBK bank in Antwerp, 42 x 40,5 x 22 cm, unsigned. This piece is unique in its blue colour, the benches that were made for HBK were beige in colour.