George Ohr
The Greatest Art Potter on Earth
The definitive and most up-to-date volume on the celebrated Biloxi artist, who was the most revolutionary art potter of his time. Called the Mad Potter of Biloxi, the Apostle of Individuality, and the self-proclaimed Greatest Art Potter on Earth, George Edgar Ohr (1857-1918) transformed wheel-thrown pots into ceramic works that were far ahead of their time. Though the unprecedented shapes and idiosyncratic glazes of Ohr's creations were ridiculed by some during his lifetime, he was recognized as a genius by cognoscenti, who championed his work. Today, his ceramics are seen as forerunners of the American modernist movement and are prized by c…
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Weitere Autoren: Clark, Garth / Rago, David / Mecham, Denny / Ohr-O Keefe Museum of Art
- ISBN: 978-0-8478-4117-2
- EAN: 9780847841172
- Produktnummer: 19689138
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Abbildungen: Farb. Abb.
Über den Autor
Eugene Hecht, curator of this exhibition, is a noted author and lecturer on George Ohr and American art pottery. He is coauthor of The Mad Potter of Biloxi: The Art and Life of George E. Ohr as well as author of After the Fire—George Ohr: An American Genius. Garth Clark is a widely published critic and historian of ceramics and the founder of the Institute for Ceramic History. Denny Mecham is executive director of the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art. David Rago is an appraiser of pottery and porcelain on Antiques Roadshow and a leading dealer in the field of American Arts and Crafts.
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