There was only one portrait on the walls of the tiny apartment where the potter lucie rie lived above her studio in a mews house near londons hyde park. If ceramics, or texture in any art form appeals to you, you will really appreciate this book. From time to time, i would make the walk across the park to have tea with her or photograph her work for my studies in the modern history of ceramic art. Born in hong kong, he was taken almost immediately to japan by his grandparents. Held at galeire besson in lucie rie lucie rie was born in 1902 in vienna, where she studied at lucie rie one of my fave potters taken at galerie besson in london. Ebook studio pottery pdf free download book library. Her pottery is displayed in collections around the world, including the museum of modern art in new york. Lucie rie 19021995, one of the twentieth centurys most celebrated and iconic potters, combined an acute. The first item, which inspired her, was the roman pottery collection of her uncle.
Lucie rie exhibit bilingual book 1989 attenborough miyake. Sir david attenborough remembers dame lucie rie modern. Lucie rie ceramic pottery, clay pottery, pottery bowls. So, the novice studio pottery collector would be well advised to focus on a distinct type of pottery, a particular artist or. By robin cawdronstewart v ery few people in this country think of the making of pottery as an art so wrote bernard leach in may 1940. Lucie rie was born in 1902 in vienna, where she studied at the kunstgewerbeschule under michael powolny from 1922 to 1926. Lucie rie used various painted and impressed marks on her studio pottery, including an early painted mark that includes wien, incised, brushed and impressed marks in the 1940s and various impressed marks on later pots. A passion for pottery by robin cawdronstewart a t the end of last year londons jewish museum opened a beautifully curated exhibition, shaping ceramics. Dame lucie rie, dbe 16 march 1902 1 april 1995 was an austrianborn british studio potter. Theres an interesting play of proportions in all of these things, the tiny little lip, the jug thats very much like a cup, the smallness of the spout. Lucie rie set up her studio in vienna in 1925 and fled nazi austria for london in her delicate modernism set her apart from the earthiness of english craft ceramics. As the uks bestknown potter, rie 190295 is currently the focus of keen public interest. Lucie rie s early days born lucie gomperz in vienna in 1902, rie was the youngest child of a prosperous jewish doctor, who designed his waiting room and surgery in a modernist style. Although lucie rie and hans coper are regarded as the preeminent british potters of the latter half of the twentieth century, neither was born in britain.
She had arrived in britain just before the war as a refugee from naziruled vienna and was already a very accomplished and inventive potter. This mug was made as a demonstration piece by rie in the prescence of the vendor in the mid. She studied at the vienna school of arts and crafts under michael powolny and was also influenced by the modernist architect and designer, josef hoffmann. The lucie rie archive at the crafts study centre vads. Lucie rie was an austrianborn british ceramics artist. Rie s works, usually consisting of handthrown pots, bottles, and bowl forms, are noteworthy for their modernist forms and her use of bright colors. The pottery was discovered at the suburbs of vienna. Born on march 16, 1902 in vienna, austria, she studied pottery at the vienna kunstgewerbeschule, a school of arts and crafts.
Very thrilled to own a book about this wonderful lady at last. Blue ridge china treasures book new southern pottery price guide pattern signed. This summer, the centre of ceramic art in york coca at york art gallery is staging what, by the modest standards of the pottery world, amounts to something of a blockbuster exhibition. 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 14in. Lucie rie s white oxidized, 1,250 a c 58 soda feldspar. Rosemary devine, london thence by descent to the present owner. Modernist potter follows rie s life and artistic development from her birth into the austria of the habsburgs to her studies at the kunstgewerbeschule in vienna, and finally her years in britain following her escape in 1938 from nazi austria emmanuel cooper, a distinguished potter who knew rie, interviewed many of her. Lucie rie set up her studio in vienna in 1925 and fled nazi austria for london in 1938. Emmanuel cooper, a distinguished potter who knew rie, interviewed many of. Lucie rie 19021995, one of the 20th centurys most celebrated and iconic potters, combined an acute understanding of modernism with the skills of her chosen craft.
Here of course, there was a vigorous homegrown studio pottery movement. The format and the pictures of lucie rie s work are disappointing. Her delicate modernism set her apart from the earthiness of english craft ceramics. Potters in parallel art reference margot coatts on. Lucie rie pottery youtube pottery, pottery lessons. After buying this book i bought tony birks 1987 lucie rie book which has a much more satisfying format bigger, glossy paper and great photographs by hans copers wife jane coper. After the war she opened a pottery and buttonmaking workshop where she was joined in 1946 by hans coper. Her unique and complex slipglaze surface treatment and inventive kiln processing influenced an entire generation of younger british ceramists. He was the author of, among other books, bernard leach yale university. Leach, hans coper, and lucie rie, whose experiments in form and technique continue to inspire designers and collectors across the world. Modernist potter follows rie s life and artistic development from her birth into the austria of the habsburgs to her studies at the kunstgewerbeschule in vienna, and finally her years in britain following her escape in 1938 from nazi austria emmanuel cooper, a distinguished potter who knew rie, interviewed many of her friends and. Lucie rie modernist potter emmanuel cooper yale university press. Modernist potter the paul mellon centre for studies in british art cooper, emmanuel on.
Find great deals on ebay for lucie rie and bernard leach. The business of the lucie rie pottery workshop finances. In 1938 she moved to london, where she lived from 1939 in albion mews. Between the ages of 20 and 26 she studied at the vienna kunstgewerbeschule crafttechnical school. Yet the pottery that leach wrote of with its own language and inherent laws had a presence. Lucie rie by emmanuel cooper yale university press. Lucie rie by emmanuel cooper, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. When potters during her time were busy making a living through highly decorative ceramics or art sculptures, lucie only made utilitarian objects like bowls, vase, and cups. Lucie rie 19021995, one of the 20th centurys most celebrated and iconic potters. Rie took coper on as an employee, despite his complete lack of experience with clay, and the lucie rie pottery began to reorient itself to making domestic tablewares see fig. Bernard leach is, without a doubt, the best known and most prominent of british studio potters. Lucie rie lived in london diagonally across hyde park from the royal college of art where i was going to school in the early 1970s.
Lucie rie 1902 1995 over a lifetime that spanned nearly the entire 20th century, lucie rie produced a large body of work. The essential guide to collecting lucie rie ceramics. Lucie rie by tony birks meet your next favorite book. Here is the text verbatim with commentary from the book. Alonside examples by rie and leach, the ken jones collection of. During the course of her sixtyyear career, she continually honed and refined her work, developing new shapes and surface effects that were distinctly her own. Lucie rie is an austrianborn british studio potter 19021995 whom ive admired greatly. Rie at the age of thirtysix emigrated from vienna in 1938 in search of a new life in london, and coper fled his native germany in 1939 as a youth of nineteen.