Serge Vincent

Oil-painted terracotta figurine designer, Serge Vincent was born in Marseille. The self-taught artist has a passion for 17th and 18th century art and is a great admirer of Antoine Louis Barye and Pierre Jules Mene's animal sculptures.
All his figurines are made of clay, fine earthenware and porcelain. It can take up to fifteen types of clay to make a single piece. The piece is sculpted, dried then baked at an average temperature of 1100°. This enables the piece to harden.

Once cool, the figurines are then painted using oil and traditional techniques similar to 18th century still-life methods. A protective glaze is applied after drying the colour for a month. Some subjects take months of work.

You can book a workshop tour or find him at certain santon fairs and exhibitions in the region.