Santons Marcel Carbonel in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, France | Museum

The art of the santonnier is popular. It is an art simple, sincere and authentic in its inspiration, rudimentary in its technique to let be expressed all the richness of the imaginary one. The santonnier skilful, observant, creative, is inspired. Clay and hands, then brush, emerges reality to the meeting of the legend, and is born the fixed santon in the attitude which distinguishes it and makes it worthy to join the small people of mythology of Provence.