Widely recognized as the father of studio pottery, Bernard Leach (1887-1979) played a pioneering role in creating an identity for artist potters in Britain and around the world. Born in the East (Hong Kong) and educated in the West (England), throughout his life Leach perceived himself as a courier...

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Main Author:	Cooper, Emmanuel 1938-2012 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 2020
Edition:	First published in paperback
Subjects:	Leach, Bernard > 1887-1979 Geschichte 1887-1979 Geschichte 1910-1980 Keramik Großbritannien England Japan Leach, Bernard / 1887-1979 Potters / Great Britain / Biography Potters Great Britain Biografie
Summary:	Widely recognized as the father of studio pottery, Bernard Leach (1887-1979) played a pioneering role in creating an identity for artist potters in Britain and around the world. Born in the East (Hong Kong) and educated in the West (England), throughout his life Leach perceived himself as a courier between the disparate cultures. His exquisite pots reflect the inspiration he drew from East and West as well as his response to the basic tenets of modernism-truth to materials, the importance of function to form, and simplicity of decoration. This outstanding biography provides for the first time a vivid and detailed account of Leach's life and its relation to his art. Emmanuel Cooper, himself a potter of international reputation, explores Leach's working methods, the seams of his pottery, his writings and philosophy, his recognition in Japan and Britain, and his continuing legacy, bringing into sharp focus a complex man who captured in his work as a potter the "still center" that always eluded him in his tumultuous personal life
Item Description:	Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003
Physical Description:	xvii, 419 Seiten, 48 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen, Porträts
ISBN:	9781913107116 1913107116