Biography

Roger Capron was born in Vincennes and was artistic at a young age. He studied the arts and became a Professor of Drawing at the University he had attended. He founded a ceramics studio with another artist and there they created functional art. What is functional art? He won many awards as a ceramicist.

His ceramics studio became more like a factory. What other famous artist's studio was called The Factory? How many employees did Roger Capron employ?

When Picasso turned his interests to pottery, Capron was inspired by him. What in Capron's work shows his inspiration from Picasso?