Ceramics and Pottery Arts and Resources

 

 

Aleluia Planter – 1950’s  © HPS

Looking at the spectacle of the Madi  Gras Carnival, it’s easy to see the Spanish influence and the comparisons that can be drawn with Spanish art and pottery, with its rich warm colours, vibrancy and motion. Spanish pottery evolved from a culturally diverse heritage, having been influenced by many nations and peoples throughout its history. Spanish culture has its origins in the Iberian, Celtiberian, Latin, Visigothic, Roman Catholic, and Islamic cultures.

The traditional Spanish pottery styles centred around hand painted wall dishes and large pitchers and jugs. Despite the eclectic gestation from Majolica, Islamic, Hispano Moresque, Mozarabic and other European influences, such as the Baroque and  Neoclassical, Spanish /Portuguese pottery became highly distinctive and appealing. This was further evident in the modernist phase in the 50‘s and 60‘s where the abstract styles that filtered through from France, Italy and Germany were adapted and blended into the local styles. Shape and movement were pushed even further without sacrificing any aesthetic balance. Picasso and Dali’s Modernist, Cubist, Surrealist  works from Paris and beyond were also influential.  The pottery featured here is predominately modernist because I feel this reflects the pure abandon of their creativity the most.

 

Hermanos Perez

 

 

 

Vase with three wings – Aleluia,  Aveiro

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50’s AleluiaVase

( MdS Auctions )

 

 

50’s-Raul da Bernarda vase

Alcobaca, Portugal © CMP

 

 

 

50’s  Raul da Bernarda vase

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Ceramic candlestick – Pedros Ltd  © CMP

 

 

 

Coimbra-S.P – vase

 

 

Cruet—Raul da Bernarda © JMPF

 

 

 

Modernist vase from the Hallelujah-factory in Aveiro, Portugal

 

 

 

Dish — Raul da Bernarda © CMP

 

 

 

 

 Raul da Bernarda © CMP

 

 

 

Hand decorated Spanish Ceramic dish

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50’s Raul da Bernarda small dish © CMP

 

 

 

 50’s Raul da Bernarda vase © CMP

 

 

Pitcher – Aleluia, Aveiro – 1955

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 Pitcher 50s – Aleluia, Aveiro

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16th century plate

Museo de Cerámica de Barcelona

 

 

 

Art Deco lidded vessel   – Caixa Escalonada-Villeroy & Boch-Wallerfangen

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Maria deLourdes-Castro – 1950’s  © HPS

 

 

Miro inspired set of Vases – Hermanos Perez

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Picasso – Fernande  1909

 

 

 

Pedros Ltd Vase – © CMP

 

 

 

Picasso bull pitcher

 

 

 

Pablo Picasso

 

Spanish artist Merello

 

“I plead for humility in painting. Painting does not need so much fanfare or intellectual pretension. It must come from a person’s clean soul, from the clear and pure eye of the painter, even if only a simple apple is being painted. It is for this reason that I admire Morandi so much.” © José Manuel Merello

 

 

 

Spanish ceramic wall plaque

Wall-clock Miró-inspired mosaic of glazed, marbled, and crackled shapes and icons in relief on a rustic vase.

Hermanos Perez

Art Deco Vase with Flowers – Lusitania – Coimbra

1930

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Three Mid-Century vases – Aleluia Cerâmicas

Raimundo Folch

The Crockery Vendor _  Francisco de Goya

Museo del Prado  Madrid

Wall tile mural – Aleluia Cerâmicas

Viúva Lamego‘s production is characterized by a vast range of traditional glazed tiles, always hand-painted, which reproduce designs from the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

 

 

 

SPAL- ‘Paradox’ cubist cup and saucer

 

 

 

Tino Valduvieco

 

 

Raimundo Folch — ‘The awakening’

 

 

Sources cited –

http://ceramicamodernistaemportugal.blogspot.com.au   ( © CMP )

merello.com

modernaumaoutranemtanto.blogspot.com.au