Lucie Rie, a Ceramic Artist and Her Cylindrical Vase

Ceramics
Student’s Name
Institutional Affiliation
Ceramics
Choice 1: Lucie Rie
Lucie was born in the year 1902 to a Jewish family in Vienna town. She was the last born in a family of three. Lucie discovered her passion for art at the age of twenty, during which, she enrolled for art and crafts at the Kunstgewerbeschule. While attending the school, Lucie learned the throw technique from her mentor, Michael Powolny, a technique she commonly practiced all through her career. Moreover, she became fond of the potter’s wheel, and this curiosity led her to begin her lifelong career of making bowls and pots. When starting, Lucie’s work was mainly influenced by Josef Hoffmann, and she used a limited palette of colors on the bowls and pots. After graduating, Lucie made more pieces that were displayed at international exhibitions across Europe and majority of them received gold medals. In 1938, Lucie moved to London to continue her career, but her pieces had little appreciation in London, mainly because of the different and modern notion that had become apparent in Britain’s society. Nonetheless, Lucie was convinced to continue making her original creations, which were similar to those she originally made in Austria. She did not adhere to the strict lines of a specific aesthetic direction that was prevalent among her contemporaries; instead, her pieces were inspired by her environment and the existing architecture. Her constant upgrade enabled Lucie to come up with new effects and shapes, which became the trademark of her work. Despite her continued practice throughout the 1980s, a series of strokes led her to stop her work durin...