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A lot of Poole Pottery is very reminiscent of
some Western 20th Century Art. While I'm sure other potteries
and areas of design have had a much more direct influence on Poole, and I
have no documentary evidence for any of the parallels made below, these
paintings/artists were all well known at the time, and for me the
associations just feel right. I'm sure other observers will make
different and better connections, and I'd be grateful for any images to
add to this page.
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Possible Art Deco Influences
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Franz Marc, Red Deer II -1912
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Percy Wyndham Lewis, Composition - 1913 Vorticism
was a short lived British art movement contemporaneous with Italian
Futurism which, despite its obvious similarities, the Vorticists despised.
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Wassily Kandinsky - Composition VIII - 1923
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BY pattern,
painted by Nellie
Bishton 1927-32 |
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Robert Delaunay, Circular Forms -1930
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Influences on the 1950's designs
This seems less fertile ground, but this is
the best I can do
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Henri Matisse, Le Lanceur De Couteaux (The Knife Thrower)
- 1943
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YFC pattern painted Silvia Davis
1952-62 |
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Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour (oval form) Pale Blue and Red - 1943 |
Shape
No. 350, Totem pattern (PY elaborate) painted on Alpine White
with Mushroom Pink interior, by Diane Holloway 1952-58 |
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Influences on 1960's and 70's
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 Piet
Mondrian, Composition with Red, Green, and Blue -
1921 |
Wendy
Smith 1976-77
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Paul Klee, Golden-fish -1925
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Pamela Bevans 1970
Ce n'est pas un poisson.
But there is something about the lines, and what looks almost like a
watercolour wash, and the way it glows, that reminds me of Paul Klee's
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Pablo Picasso Le Taureau - 1945
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Robert
Jefferson fish wall plaque - 1964
(licensed under the Creative
Commons Attribution-ShareAlike
2.5 License. Attribution: Photography by P.Thorpe) |
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Joan Miró, Scultore - 1974 This
is a pretty late work by Miró, who was painting from the 1920's onwards,
but it's the image I've found that to me looks most Poole-like.
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Sarah Worral, 1970
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Jackson Pollock in action - 1950
Pollock was in full flood here. I
think he first started dripping, possibly more tentatively, a few years
earlier.
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Pamela Bevans, 1970
This is one of my favourite
dishes. The Glaze on here is really thick and while i don't think it
was splashed on, it does give that impression. |
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Franz Kline, Chief - 1950
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Jean Millership 1966-69
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Patrick Heron Reclining Nude on Iron Bed, 1951
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Andy Warhol, Marilyn - 1964 |
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