Lucie Rie
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Born | Lucie Gomperz 16 March 1902 Vienna, Austria |
Died | 1 April 1995 London, England | (aged 93)
Nationality | British |
Education | Kunstgewerbeschule |
Known for | Studio pottery |
Dame Lucie Rie,
Biography
Early years and education
Lucie Gomperz
She studied pottery under Michael Powolny at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule, a school of arts and crafts associated with the Wiener Werkstätte, in which she enrolled in 1922.[6]
Career in Vienna
While in Vienna, Lucie's uncle from her mother's side had a collection of art that inspired her interest in archeology and architecture. She was first inspired by her uncle's Roman pottery collection which had been excavated from the suburbs of Vienna. She set up her first studio in Vienna in 1925 and exhibited the same year at the Paris
In 1937, Rie won a silver medal at the
Career in London
In 1938, Rie fled
In 1946, Rie hired Hans Coper,[12] a fellow emigre, a young man with no experience in ceramics, to help her fire the buttons. Although Coper was interested in learning sculpture, she sent him to a potter named Heber Mathews, who taught him how to make pots on the wheel. Rie and Coper exhibited together in 1948. Coper became a partner in Rie's studio, where he remained until 1958.[13] Their friendship lasted until Coper's death in 1981.
Rie's small studio was at 18
Rie was a friend of Bernard Leach, one of the leading figures in British studio pottery in the mid-20th century, and she was impressed by his views, especially concerning the "completeness" of a pot.[14] But despite his transient influence, her brightly coloured, delicate, modernist pottery stands apart from Leach's subdued, rustic, oriental work. She taught at Camberwell College of Arts from 1960 until 1972.
She received several awards for her work and exhibited with great success. Her most famous creations are vases, bottles and bowls, which drew some inspiration from Japan as well as many other places. There are other works such as buttons, which she bequeathed to her close friend the Japanese designer Issey Miyake[15][16] and bowls including her own egg cup which she gave to the publisher Susan Shaw.[17]
Rie was interviewed in 1982 in her studio by David Attenborough, a great admirer of her work.[11][18]
Death
She stopped making pottery in 1990, when she suffered the first of a series of strokes. She died at home in London on 1 April 1995, aged 93.[19][20]
Legacy
Rie's work has been described as cosmopolitan.
Awards and honours
- 1937 Silver medal at the Paris International Exhibition
- 1968 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)[19]
- 1969 Honorary doctorate from the Royal College of Art[5]
- 1981 Commander of the Order of the British Empire(CBE)
- 1991 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)[10]
- 1992 Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University[27]
References
- ^ "Rie, Dame Lucie". Academic.ru. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ a b c "Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery". The Holburne Museum. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ISBN 978-1916041691.
- ^ Hallett, Florence (23 March 2023). "Lucie Rie: A refugee's great pottery showdown". The New European. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ a b Heath, Sophie (28 September 2006). "The Lucie Rie Archive at the Crafts Study Centre". AHDS Visual Arts database. University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury. Archived from the original on 28 September 2006.
- ^ a b c Cooper, Emmanuel (2 April 1995). "Obituaries: Dame Lucie Rie". The Independent. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "Rie's Upbringing". 28 May 2012.
- ^ "Encyclopedia Britannica Entry".
- ^ "Rie's First Show".
- ^ a b c Lydia Figes (22 September 2020). "Ten women artists of Jewish heritage represented in UK collections". Art UK. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Lucie Rie (1982)". BFI. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Hans Coper: A Modernist Potter (1920-1981)". Ceramics Today. Archived from the original on 12 November 2007.
- ^ "Classic Ceramics - Top Pots At The Shipley Art Gallery". Culture24. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ISBN 0-7126-2042-7.
- ^ Rosen, D.H. (8 May 2009). "Issey Miyake's "U-Tsu-Wa" filled with character and inspiration". The Japan Times. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ Stewart, Robin (3 March 2016). "Prêt-à-Potter: Lucie Rie's Ceramics". Sotheby's. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ Cooper, Emmanuel. "Her work, timeless and majestic, remains a lasting and enduring testament to the art of the potter". Sotheby's. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ Attenborough, David (5 September 2017). "Sir David Attenborough Remembers Dame Lucie Rie". Sotheby's.
- ^ a b "Lucie Rie". Galerie Besson. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "10 fascinating facts about the potter Lucie Rie | The Arts Society". theartssociety.org. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- The Art Fund. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2012.
- ^ "Bowl, Lucie Rie (English, 1902–1995) c. 1980". Carnegie Museum of Art. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "Earthenware shallow bowl by Lucie Rie". The Art Fund. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "Kiln Technique".
- ^ "Awards".
- ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Honorary Graduates". Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
Sources
- Birks, Tony. Lucie Rie, Stenlake Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84033-448-7.
- Coatts, Margot (ed.). Lucie Rie and Hans Coper: Potters in Parallel, Herbert Press, 1997. ISBN 0-7136-4697-7.
- Cooper, Emmanuel (ed.). Lucie Rie: The Life and Work of Lucie Rie, 1902–1995, Ceramic Review Publishing Ltd., 2002. ISBN 4-86020-122-1.
- Frankel, Cyril. Modern Pots: Hans Coper, Lucie Rie & their Contemporaries, University of East Anglia Press, 2002. ISBN 0-946009-36-8.
- "Dame Lucie Rie, 93, Noted Ceramicist", New York Times, April 3, 1995, B10.
External links
- Erskine, Hall & Coe Gallery
- BBC Woman's Hour, 15 March 2002
- "Bottle". Victoria & Albert Museum. Retrieved 19 November 2007.
- American Museum of Ceramic Art, a selection of her works is in AMOCA's Permanent Collection
- "Lucie Rie, 'Teapot & Jug'". Victoria & Albert Museum. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
- "Lucie Rie: A New Zealand Connection". The Dowse Art Museum., 16 May - 26 July 2015
- Justine Olsen, curator of Decorative and Applied Arts at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, interviewed on Lucie Rie: Lucie Rie & New Zealand Modernism
- New Zealand ceramicist John Parker interviewed on working with Lucie Rie in London in the 1970s A New Zealand Connection