The work and the reconstruction of Pierre Graille’s workshop

"Telling a story is one thing, the most difficult is to make this piece of clay something that thinks."

Modest employee of the Poste in Grambois (Luberon-Vaucluse), santonnier, faience maker, wood sculptor, Pierre Graille (1915-2014) was a man with many facets. Self-taught, he left an immense work inspired by his love of Provence, his thirst for knowledge and culture.
Pierre Graille represented in santon the men and women of his village, the people dear to his heart, artists or political personalities.
"Telling a story is one thing, the most difficult is to make this piece of clay something that thinks." Following his recommendations, his daughters deposited at the castle of La Tour d'Aigues almost all the content of his workshop. The heritage days will be an opportunity to discover the reconstruction of Pierre Graille’s workshop and his personal creations of earthenware santons and wood carving.