Dame Lucie Rie Ceramics

The impulse to cup one of dame lucie rie s stunning bowls and vases in two hands is strong at a major exhibition of her studio ceramics at the centre of ceramic art coca at york art gallery.

Dame lucie rie ceramics.

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. 10 7cm high hairline crack visible to interior. 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.

Hans coper lucie rie their contemporaries university of east anglia press 2002. 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. 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. Born on march 16 1902 in vienna austria she studied pottery at the vienna kunstgewerbeschule a school of arts and crafts.

Her unique and complex slip glaze surface treatment and inventive kiln processing influenced an entire generation of younger british ceramists. 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. Rie was educated at the vienna gymnasium and at the arts and crafts school. 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. Thames news report following lucie rie whose pottery work will soon be featured on set of four stamps issued by the post office. 200 300 description. Dame lucie rie 93 noted ceramicist new york times april 3 1995 b10.

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