John Mason and Hervé

John Mason compacting clay onto his easel for a large ceramic relief in his Glendale Boulevard studio in Los Angeles, 1959–60.

John Mason, Ceramic Form, 1961.

 John Mason (born 1927) was raised in the Midwest and Nevada, and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 22 to study ceramics at Otis Art Institute. In 1954, following a short stint at Chouinard Art Institute, Mason returned to Otis to train in ceramics under artist Peter Voulkos. Mason and Voulkos developed a close working relationship, sharing a studio where they developed new equipment for experimenting with ceramics, exploring new possibilities in scale, surface quality, and technique.  More here.

Hervé Télémaque (born 5 November 1937 in Port-au-Prince , Haiti) was a French painter contemporary original Haitian associated with the tradition of narrative figuration.  

Hervé Télémaque. Untitled composition. Lithograph, 1964. 

Hervé Télémaque. Untitled composition. Lithograph, 1979. 

Hervé Télémaque.