Brother Thomas Bezanson (Canadian/American, 1929-2007), Eleven Porcelain Plates and Bowls

Late 20th century, variously glazed porcelain dishes, all but one red dish variously inscribed or marked with Benzanson's artist ciphers or inscribed "Benedictine Monks Weston Vermont [artist's cipher]" to underside.

Smallest dish 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. diameter; largest dish 1 x 9 3/4 in. diameter

Private Collection, Raleigh, North Carolina

(5) with Skinner Auction labels.

Brother Thomas Bezanson was born in Halifax in 1929, and graduated in 1950 from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. He began working as a potter in 1953 and six years later entered the Benedictine Monastery in Weston, Vermont. He lived and worked in the monastery for twenty-five years but, feeling that his artistic freedom was limited, he left to become artist-in-residence in the community of Benedictine Sisters in Erie, Pennsylvania. Brother Thomas's simple forms are complemented by a vivid array of glazes, which he creates himself from natural materials. (Bio Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum)

A few with light glaze crazing; otherwise good estate condition.

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