Pierre Caille (sculptor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre Caille (sculptor)

Belgian artist

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1911

Place of Birth: Tournai, Wallonia, Belgium

Date of Death: 24-Oct-1996

Profession: sculptor, costume designer, ceramist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Pierre Jules Louis Lucien Ghiskain Caille (11 January 1911, in Tournai – 24 October 1996, in Linkebeek), was a Belgian sculptor, painter, engraver, ceramicist and jeweller. Caille briefly attended the Academy of Tournai (1926) and the advertising section in La Cambre (1931), and ceramics (1938) and is also close to Roger Guérin (1896 in Jumet – 1954 in Bouffioulx), Henry van de Velde, George Grard, Charles Leplae.
Pierre Caille is a multifaceted and atypical painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, potter, jewelry designer.
His inspiration shows a fertile imagination, and gives form to the wonderful and extraordinary.
From 1949 to 1976, Pierre Caille is a professor at La Cambre, where he leads the class of ceramics.