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Quimper Pottery Tile Art Portraits

Quimper-Breton style portraits designed for a decorative fireplace surround. Custom designed decorative tile art.

30 different Quimper faience styled portraits of people and life in a bygone era.
These tile art portraits were commissioned by an enthusiast and collector of fine French Quimper pottery and china, Breton figure type artworks.
Each portrait is hand painted on 6 inch matte ceramic tiles.


Quimper style tile art portraits installed as a decorative fireplace surround. Artist Julia Sweda.
Fireplace Surround
Detailed closeup of installed Quimper portrait tiles as a decorative fireplace surround. Artist Julia Sweda.
Installation Closeup
Woman hanging clothes to dry, two scenes of men playing musical instruments. Artist Julia Sweda.
Group 1
Woman vendor selling chickens, woman and child with basket of fruit, fisherman with his nets and equipment. Artist Julia Sweda.
Group 2
Loving sweetheart couple holding hands, milk maid with milk jug reclining while taking a break, two men drinking and telling stories. Artist Julia Sweda.
Group 3
Mother and daughter relaxing on bench, young girl being entertained by her pet dog, two women making yarn balls by unwinding skein. Artist Julia Sweda.
Group 4
Two women sifting wheat with sieves, man and woman filling water jug at well, mother walking down road with her two very young daughters. Artist Julia Sweda.
Group 5
Woman filling jug at community running water well, barmaid serving a patron at pub, two drunk men having trouble walking and leaning on each other. Artist Julia Sweda.
Group 6
Man and woman performing a formal dance, man smoking a tobacco pipe, man and two women practicing dance steps. Artist Julia Sweda.
Group 7
Young maidens happily dancing with each other, mother pulling her children along in a small wagon, milkmaid has her donkey loaded down with loaded milk containers. Artist Julia Sweda.
Group 8
Man and women patrons at the pub, vendor woman selling vegetables to potential buyer, crowned princess riding her majestic white horse. Artist Julia Sweda.
Group 9
Woman at holy water bowl, father fisherman and daughter looking at catch for the day, young boy playing bagpipe as his young sister dances. Artist Julia Sweda.
Group 10

Contact

Address:
PO Box 8919
Catalina, AZ
85738

Phone:
(520) 825-3438
Daily: 10 AM to 8 PM
Arizona Time Zone

Reviews

"Julia was wonderful to work with, very accommodating and even matched my fabric colors and swatches for my clients kitchen backsplash."
-Mike B.

"Julia did an amazing job and is very busy. She communicated well with the list of wild flowers and pictures I sent her, of the blooms here at our home."
- Ann P.

Artworks by Julia ©

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