Gifts from the fire : American ceramics, 1880-1950 : from the collection of Martin Eidelberg

Author:

Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Imprint:

New York, New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2021], New Haven, Connecticut ; London, England : Distributed by Yale University Press, Verona, Italy : Verona Libri, and ©2021

Subject:

Art pottery, American - 19th century - Exhibitions
Art pottery, American - 20th century - Exhibitions
Art pottery, American - Private collections - Exhibitions - 21st century
Modernism (Art) - United States - Exhibitions
Eidelberg, Martin P. - Art collections - Exhibitions
Eidelberg, Martin P. - Interviews
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) - Exhibitions - 21st century
Art pottery - New York (State) - New York - Exhibitions

Contributor:

Eidelberg, Martin P., author, interviewee
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), issuing body, publisher, organizier, host institution

ISBN:

9781588397324 and 1588397327

Description:

255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portrait, photographs, 29 cm

Bibliographic Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250) and index

Contents:

Max Hollein -- A scholar's collection : a conversation / between Martin Eidelberg and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen -- Ceramics at the dawn of a new century : Art pottery between the wars : Modern American dinnerware :

Summary:

From the 1880s to the 1950s, American artists drew upon the traditions and recent innovations of European and Asian ceramics to develop new designs, decorations, and techniques. The range of these American interpretations of international trends -- from the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco movements to the modernism of Matisse and the Wiener Werkstätte to abstracted, minimalist styles -- are examined in this book of more than 180 works from the collection of Martin Eidelberg. Featured makers include the Rookwood, Grueby, and Van Briggle Potteries, as well as artists such as Maija Grotell, George E. Ohr, Frederick Hurten Rhead, Louis C. Tiffany, Rockwell Kent, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and Leza McVey and "From the 1880s to the 1950s, pioneering American artists drew upon the rich traditions and recent innovations of European and Asian ceramics to develop new designs, decorations, and techniques. The extraordinary range and inventiveness of these American interpretations of international trends--from the Arts and Crafts and Art Deco movements to the modernism of Matisse and the Wiener Werkstätte to abstracted, minimalist styles--are exemplified in this book by more than 180 works from the outstanding collection of Martin Eidelberg. Splendid new photography and engaging essays by two of the foremost experts on American art pottery trace the period's decorative developments, from sculptural and painted ornament to adornment with deeply colored glazes and textures. Featured makers include the renowned Rookwood, Grueby, and Van Briggle Potteries, as well as leading artists such as Maija Grotell, George E. Ohr, Frederick Hurten Rhead, Louis C. Tiffany, Rockwwell Kent, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, and Leza McVey. A vivid and accessible overview of American ceramics and ceramists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Gifts from the Fire reveals how artists working in the United States drew upon diverse, global influences to produce works of astonishing variety and ingenuity."-- Publisher's description, page [2] of jacket

Collection:

BGC Course Reserves

Call Number:

NK4408 .F74 2021

Available

c.1

Course Name:

002. Books display in 3rd floor alcove

Instructor:

BGC Library