Elizabeth Fritsch
Elizabeth Fritsch | |
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Modern Art | |
Spouse |
Jean Mathis-Fritsch
(m. 1966; div. 1971) |
Children | 2 |
Awards | CBE |
Elected | Senior Fellow Royal College of Art |
Website | www |
Elizabeth Fritsch
Biography
Elizabeth Fritsch is a studio potter and ceramic artist. She uses fine technically proficient hand built coiling techniques;
Fritsch initially studied at the
In 1985, Fritsch set up a studio in London.[5] Since her first show in 1972, Fritsch has had a number of solo shows. In 1996 and 2001 she was shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize for Ceramics. Fritsch's work is represented in major art collections and museums in more than nine countries and her work is represented in major British art museum collections.[6][7] A major retrospective was held at the National Museum Cardiff, in 2010, featuring a complete range of her most significant studio pottery and recent pieces. Since the late 1970s Fritsch has considered "the space between the second and third dimensions", in her work; a concept she first described as "two-and-a-half dimensions" with her distinctive rhythmic patterns and optical effects.[8] Dynamic Structures: Painted Vessels also marked her 70th birthday.[9] A co-curated solo exhibition of selected studio works was presented at Frieze Masters - Frieze Art Fair in October 2023 at Regents Park, London by Adrian Sassoon Gallery, October 11-15th 2023 within Luke Syson's Stand Out section exploring the juxtapositions and use of colour.
Awards
- 2001: Shortlisted for Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts 2001: Ceramics[10]
- 1996: Shortlisted for Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts 1996: Ceramics
- 1995: Awarded CBE:Commander of the British Empire[11]
- 1995: Elected Senior Fellowship, Royal College of Art[12]
- 1993: Gold Medali, Visuelle Spiele, International Handwerksmesse München, Germany
- 1987: Bernard Leach Centenary Post Office Stamp issue with Hans Coper & Lucie Rie[13]
- 1980: John Ruskin Bursary for Fictional Archaeology project
- 1976: Gold Medal, International Ceramics Competition, Sopot, Poland
- 1972: Prize Winner, Royal Copenhagen Jubilee
- 1970: Silver Medal Royal College of Art: Herbert Read Memorial Prize
Museum and public collections
- Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, Wales
- Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum, Aberdeen
- Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
- Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, Bolton
- Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol
- British Council, Great Britain
- Crafts Council, London
- Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
- Lotherton Hall, Leeds, Yorkshire
- Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
- Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough
- National Museums Liverpool, Merseyside
- National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
- National Museum of Wales,[14]
- Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich
- The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London[15]
- York Art Gallery, York
- Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
- Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany
- Museum of Design, Zürich Museum Bellerive, Zurich, Switzerland
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York[16]
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
- National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Solo exhibitions
- 2023: Frieze Masters Art Fair 2023, The Regents Park, London. Adrian Sassoon Gallery, October 11-15th 2023[17]
- 2010 Retrospective: National Museum Cardiff, Wales, UK. Dynamic Structures: Painted Vessels, October 2010– January[18]
- 2008: Fine Art Society - London November -December.[19]
- 2007: Retrospective, Bonhams, London
- 2007: Anthony Hepworth Gallery, Bath
- 2000: Metaphysical Vessels, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 2000: Memory of Architecture, Part II, Besson Gallery, London
- 1998: Sea Pieces, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
- 1995–6: Retrospective touring to Munich, Karlsruhe, Halle and Bellerive, Zurich
- 1995: Metaphysical Pots, Bellerive Museum
- 1994–5: Order and Chaos, Bellas Artes, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- 1994: Osiris Gallery, Brussels
- 1993–5: Vessels from Another World, Northern Centre for the Contemporary Arts, Sunderland, travelling to Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Norwich, UK
- 1992–3: Retrospective, Pilscheur Fine Art, London
- 1991: Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 1990: Cross Rhythms and Counterpoint, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1978: Leeds Galleries, Temple Newsham; travelled to Glasgow, Bristol, Gateshead, Bolton, and V&A, London
- 1976: British Craft Centre, London
- 1974: Waterloo Place Gallery, London
- 1972: Bing and Grondahl, Copenhagen
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-1-85725-098-5
- Peter Dormer and David Cripps “Elizabeth Fritsch in Studio – A view”, In Studio Series, Bellew, London, 1985. ISBN 978-0-947792-04-6
- Elizabeth Fritsch, pots about music. Authors: Elizabeth Fritsch, David Cripps, Leeds City Art Gallery (England), David Queensberry, Alison Britton, Ian Bennett. Publisher, Leeds Art Galleries, 1978, ASIN B0007AT9X2
- E. Cameron & P. Lewis, Potters on Pottery, Elizabeth Fritsch, pgs. 62-69 Evans Brothers, London 1976. ISBN 0-312-63280-0
Articles
- The Wall Street Journal "A New Spin on Ceramics" by Margaret Studer, 18 May 2006
- Moira Vincentelli Women & Ceramics, Gendered Vessels, Manchester University Press, 2000, p. 249. ISBN 978-0-7190-3840-2
- Garth Clark The Potter's Art, Phaidon 1995, pp. 200–201. ISBN 978-0-7148-3202-9
- John Houston The Abstract Pot forms of expression and decoration by nine artist potters, Bellew Publishing, 1991.
- Fischer Fine Art (1986) Nine Potters: Bernard Leach, Katherine Pleydell-Bouverie, Michael Cardew, Hans Coper, Lucie Rie, Elizabeth Fritsch, Ewen Henderson, Elizabeth Raeburn, Claudi Casanovas, Catalogue of an exhibition held at Fisher Fine Art, 1986. ASIN B001ON0RX2
- John Russell Taylor, "Elizabeth Fritsch: Pots About Music" Ceramic Review, 58 Jul/Aug 1979 pgs 30–33.
- J.D.H. Catleugh "Recent Pots: Improvisations from Earth to Air", Ceramic Review, 44 Mar/Apr 1977 pg 7.
Broadcasts and podcasts
BBC Private Passions, Classic Arts Production, On 14 April 2001 Michael Berkeley's guest was Elizabeth Fritsch
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Ceramic Points of View: 'Optical Pot', by Elizabeth Fritsch Video Podcasts[20]
References
- ISBN 0-7141-2701-9
- ^ "Elizabeth Fritsch Ceramics Collection". Prifysgol Aberystwyth University. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ISBN 978-0500295717
- ^ "Elizabeth Fritsch | Artists | Collection | British Council − Visual Arts".
- ^ Fritsch, Elizabeth. "Biography". Archived from the original on 12 February 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ "British Council Artist". Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 24 October 2011.
- ^ "Elizabeth Fritsch". Galerie Besson. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ^ Between Dimensions: The representation of the object Archived 2011-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, MIMA, 25 November 2011 – 24 February 2012
- ISBN 978-0-7200-0611-7
- ^ "Jerwood Applied Arts Prize 2001: Ceramics". Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ The Gazette: Official Public Record: 1995
- ^ "Royal College of Art: Senior Fellows". Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ Post Office Stamps:1987
- ^ Cardiff Elizabeth Fritsch collection at the National Museum
- ^ V&A Collections Saxophone and Piano Duo, Pair of vases 1978 (made)Stoneware, with matt C.160-1979 Gallery location: Studio Ceramics, room 142, case 1, shelf 2
- ^ A Box Bottle ca. 1974 Stoneware Dimensions: H. 15, W. 9 inches (38.1 x 22.9 cm.)
- ^ Introducing Frieze Masters 2023 | Frieze [1]
- ^ Dynamic Structures: Painted Vessels by Elizabeth Fritsch. "What's On", National Museum Cardiff, UK, 27 Nov 2010. Retrieved on 2010-11-22.
- ISBN 978-0-905062-57-0
- ^ 'Ceramics Points of View' collaboration between The National Electronic and Video Archive of the Crafts and the V&A. Elizabeth Fritsch, 'Optical Pot', stoneware, height 311mm, width 232mm, 1980. Museum no. C.13-1981