A major figure of 20th-century French ceramics, Suzanne Ramié played a pivotal role in the post-war revival of pottery in Vallauris. Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, she founded the Madoura studio in Vallauris in 1938 with her husband, Georges Ramié.

Bridging Mediterranean ceramic traditions with a distinctly modern sensibility, she developed a vocabulary of refined, sculptural forms, reinterpreting vernacular typologies through a subtle exploration of clay and glaze.

From 1946 onward, Madoura gained international recognition through its collaboration with Pablo Picasso, who produced numerous ceramic works at the workshop. Suzanne Ramié played a decisive role in this artistic dialogue, helping establish Vallauris as a major centre of post-war ceramic creation.