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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 The author was given unrestricted access by the Rie estate to previously unpublished letters and other material, which provide fascinating new insights into her life and work and allowed him to reevaluate Rie's creative output within the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

ISBN-13: 9781913107307

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Yale University Press

Publication Date: 02-22-2022

Pages: 344

Product Dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

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).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi

List of Illustrations vii

Note on Sources xv

Introduction 1

1 Ah, Vienna 1902-1912 6

2 A Model Pupil 1912-1922 24

3 Lost to the Wheel 1922-1926 36

4 A Studio of One's Own 1926-1930 55

5 A Young Pottery-Worker of Fine Taste 1930-1935 74

6 Tomorrow is Another Day 1935-1938 87

7 A High Class Potter 1938-1941 107

8 Potter and Button Maker 1940-1945 126

9 Make in your Own Way 1945-1950 141

10 A Class Apart 1950-1958 163

11 Organic Geometry 1958-1967 187

12 Metropolitan Potter, Metropolitan Pots 1967-1980 209

13 Pottery is my Profession 1980-1990 232

14 The Persistence of Pots 1990-1995 255

Notes 266

Bibliography 301

Exhibitions 309

Chronology 314

Index 316