Dominique Zumbo
Originally from Calabria, Italy, Domenico Zumbo arrived in France in 1879 to work for Clément Massier in Vallauris. Adopting the French spelling Dominique, he continued to work with Massier on lusterware designs until establishing his own studio, Arènes de Fréjus, in January 1892. From 1892 to 1917 he created original art pottery, using his secret glaze formulas and successive firings to create fine metallic effects. He gained an international reputation by winning the gold medal at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900, eclipsing even Clément Massier. Despite this, he went bankrupt in 1917, lost his studio, and moved to Hyères, where he established a new workshop. His work is relatively rare, highly sought after, and is found mainly in France, the United States and Germany.
