Dame Lucie Rie Ceramics

A passion for pottery by robin cawdron stewart a t the end of last year london s jewish museum opened a beautifully curated exhibition shaping ceramics.

Dame lucie rie ceramics.

This mug was made as a demonstration piece by rie in the prescence of the vendor in the mid 1950s when she. Lucie rie s death at the age of 93 brings to an end the long productive and distinguished life of one of the leading studio potters of the 20th century and marks the end of an era for the craft. From lucie rie to edmund de waal celebrating the pivotal role that jewish ceramicists played in transforming the field for british studio ceramics influencing successive. Hans coper lucie rie their contemporaries university of east anglia press 2002.

Dame lucie rie is a name that is always at the forefront of a conversation on modern ceramics but one that is often overlooked when talking about important artists of the 20th century yet the story of her career is one that deserves to place her as a great 20th century artist. Lucie rie was an austrian born british ceramics artist. Dame lucie rie and hans coper a tall stoneware mug with dark brown matt glaze to the lower half and mottled white glaze to the upper half interior and base impressed potters marks 4 1 4in. Rie was educated at the vienna gymnasium and at the arts and crafts school.

Born on march 16 1902 in vienna austria she studied pottery at the vienna kunstgewerbeschule a school of arts and crafts. Rie s works usually consisting of hand thrown pots bottles and bowl forms are noteworthy for their modernist forms and her use of bright colors. As one of the most respected potters of the 20th century dame lucie rie 1902 1995 was known for her finely thrown and beautifully decorated functional domestic ceramics. Dame lucie rie austrian born british studio potter.

200 300 description. Dame lucie rie 93 noted ceramicist new york times april 3 1995 b10. Her unique and complex slip glaze surface treatment and inventive kiln processing influenced an entire generation of younger british ceramists. The life and work of lucie rie 1902 1995 ceramic review publishing ltd 2002.

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