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Lucie Rie [Paperback]

Tony Birks (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Alphabet and Image Ltd; 2nd Revised edition edition (10 Jan 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0951770071
  • ISBN-13: 978-0951770078
  • Product Dimensions: 28 x 22 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Tony Birks' much praised biography was written with the full cooperation of the potter, whose friendship with the author spanned more than a quarter of a century It stands as the only complete account of the life and work of this extraordinary figure in European ceramics Lucie Rie made her first pots in 1923, her last in 1990. Born Lucie Gomperz in Vienna in 1902, she came to England in 1938 to escape the Nazis. Her artistic achievement closely related to the encouragement and personal inspiration provided by a series of men. As Lucie herself said, "I am man-made". Simple, yet infinitely subtle and complex, Lucie Rie pots approach excellence not by refinement to an ever purer shape: it is by their sturdiness and their frailty: a combination of opposites, economy and luxuriance, lightness and dark. As a person, she showed the same combination of opposites. Her diminutive size belied her determination, her capacity for work. She received many honours, an OBE in 1968, a CBE in 1981, and was made a Dame in 1991. She was much written about, and was the subject of a BBC film. Lucie Rie died in 1995.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Illuminating account of Lucie Rie's life and works 5 Aug 2001
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This book is an excellent biography of the master potter. About 140 pages in the last chapter are devoted to her work spanning 6 decades and there's also a chapter on her techniques. A must read for lovers of Lucie Rie's pots! Thoroughly enjoyable!
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5.0 out of 5 stars beautifully done with a wealth of information 28 July 1999
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A wonderful book, with a wealth of information about Lucie Rie, her life, her work. I have been looking for this book for several month, it is out of print, but.... translated into German, it is sold like a catalogue at the current Lucie Rie exhibit at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna, Austria. Many photos, partially in color, a lot to read and a lot to look at. I am delighted.
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