Lucie Rie
Modernist Potter
Published on 25. January 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
344 pages
978-1-913107-30-7 (ISBN)
Description
The life and legacy of brilliant but elusive potter Lucie Rie is investigated through interviews, letters and the analysis of her elegant, modernist vessels
Lucie Rie (1902-1995), one of the 20th century's most celebrated and iconic potters, combined an acute understanding of modernism with the skills of her chosen craft. Emmanuel Cooper, a distinguished potter who knew Rie, interviewed many of her friends and acquaintances to produce this complete and detailed account of Rie's life and work. The author was given unrestricted access by the Rie estate to previously unpublished letters and other material, which provide fascinating new insights into her life and work and allowed him to reevaluate Rie's creative output within the broader context of modernism and the emergence of the studio pottery movement in Britain.
'It [is] unlikely that this biography of Rie will ever be surpassed.' -Frances Spalding, Literary Review
'A precious gift, from the only man who could have written it.' -Glenn Adamson, Crafts Magazine
Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Lucie Rie (1902-1995), one of the 20th century's most celebrated and iconic potters, combined an acute understanding of modernism with the skills of her chosen craft. Emmanuel Cooper, a distinguished potter who knew Rie, interviewed many of her friends and acquaintances to produce this complete and detailed account of Rie's life and work. The author was given unrestricted access by the Rie estate to previously unpublished letters and other material, which provide fascinating new insights into her life and work and allowed him to reevaluate Rie's creative output within the broader context of modernism and the emergence of the studio pottery movement in Britain.
'It [is] unlikely that this biography of Rie will ever be surpassed.' -Frances Spalding, Literary Review
'A precious gift, from the only man who could have written it.' -Glenn Adamson, Crafts Magazine
Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
40 color + 70 b-w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
868 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-913107-30-7 (9781913107307)
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Person
Emmanuel Cooper was a distinguished potter, writer, and curator. The founder and editor of Ceramic Review, he was also the author of some thirty books, including Bernard Leach: Life & Work (2003).