GEORGES JOUVE WAS AN IMPORTANT CERAMIST OF THE 20TH CENTURY. HE WAS BORN IN 1910 IN FONTENAY-SOUS-BOIS AND HIS PARENTS WERE BOTH DECORATORS.  AT 17 YEARS OLD, JOUVE ENROLLED AT THE PRESTIGIOUS ECOLE BOULLE IN PARIS WHERE HE RECEIVED THEORETICAL INSTRUCTION IN ART HISTORY IN ADDITION TO HIS TECHNICAL STUDIES AS A SCULPTOR. AFTER GRADUATION IN 1930, HE FIRST EMBARKED ON HIS ARTISTIC CAREER AS A THEATRICAL SET DESIGNER. DURNIG WORLD WAR II, JOUVE WAS CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS AND INTERNED IN A GERMAN CAMP. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS HE ESCAPED FROM THE CAMP AND TOOK REFUGE AT HIS STEP PARENTS HOME IN A POTTERS VILLAGE IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE CALLED DIEULEFIT. IN 1944, JOUVE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED BACK TO PARIS. HE OPENED HIS STUDIO IN PARIS AND WAS INVITED BY JACQUES ADNET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EXHIBITION "LA CERAMIQUE CONTEMPORAINE" BY THE COMPAGNIE DES ARTS FRANÇAIS. HE THEN PARTICIPATED ANNUALLY IN NUMEROUS SALONS IN FRANCE AND INTERNATIONALLY SUCH AS THE "SALON DES ARTISTES DECORATEURS" IN PARIS, ASSOCIATION FRANCAISE D'ACTION ARTISTIQUE IN RIO DE JANEIRO VIENNA, TORONTO, ROME, MILAN, AND CAIRO.

JOUVE DIED IN 1964.