Author: Steven Jenkins Publisher: Mitchell Beazley ISBN: 9781840003727 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 64
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Ceramics of the 1950s and 60s are now a distinct collecting field—and, best of all, the items are both widely available and affordable. This Miller’s guide covers factories from Britain, continental Europe, and the USA, and contains information on designs and marks to help with identification.
Author: Graham McLaren Publisher: Shire Publications ISBN: 9780747803362 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 40
Book Description
British ceramics of the 1950s are highly evocative of a decade of optimism and change in British life. The austerity of war was quickly banished by a new breed of young consumer who demanded ceramics which were bright and modern. This book considers how pottery manufacturers met this challenge, producing ware which was also prized for design.
Author: Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art ISBN: 1588397327 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 259
Book Description
From the 1880s to the 1950s, pioneering American artists drew upon the rich traditions and recent innovations of European and Asian ceramics to develop new designs, decorations, and techniques. The extraordinary range and inventiveness of these American interpretations of international trends—from the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco movements to the modernism of Matisse and the Wiener Werkstätte to abstracted, minimalist styles—are exemplified in this book by more than 180 works from the outstanding collection of Martin Eidelberg. Splendid new photography and engaging essays by two of the foremost experts on American art pottery trace the period’s decorative developments, from sculptural and painted ornament to adornment with deeply colored glazes and textures. Featured makers include the renowned Rookwood, Grueby, and Van Briggle Potteries, as well as leading artists such as Maija Grotell, George E. Ohr, Frederick Hurten Rhead, Louis C. Tiffany, Rockwell Kent, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and Leza McVey. A vivid and accessible overview of American ceramics and ceramists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Gifts from the Fire reveals how artists working in the United States drew upon diverse, global influences to produce works of astonishing variety and ingenuity.
Author: Jenni Sorkin Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 022630325X Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 311
Book Description
Ceramics had a far-reaching impact in the second half of the twentieth century, as its artists worked through the same ideas regarding abstraction and form as those for other creative mediums. Live Form shines new light on the relation of ceramics to the artistic avant-garde by looking at the central role of women in the field: potters who popularized ceramics as they worked with or taught male counterparts like John Cage, Peter Voulkos, and Ken Price. Sorkin focuses on three Americans who promoted ceramics as an advanced artistic medium: Marguerite Wildenhain, a Bauhaus-trained potter and writer; Mary Caroline (M. C.) Richards, who renounced formalism at Black Mountain College to pursue new performative methods; and Susan Peterson, best known for her live throwing demonstrations on public television. Together, these women pioneered a hands-on teaching style and led educational and therapeutic activities for war veterans, students, the elderly, and many others. Far from being an isolated field, ceramics offered a sense of community and social engagement, which, Sorkin argues, crucially set the stage for later participatory forms of art and feminist collectivism.
Author: Leslie A. Piña Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited ISBN: 9780887409356 Category : Antiques & Collectibles Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
Highly collectible household objects designed and signed by name artists of the 1950s and 1960s are presented here including gift and tableware, glass, ceramics and enamel items. Much is written about the leading designer and marketing wizard Georges Briard, and many of his designs are pictured, along with much work by the other prominent featured artists.
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