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Elizabeth Fritsch
About
Elizabeth Fritsch Potter, born in Shropshire, England, UK. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music prior to attending the Royal College of Art, Ceramics (1968-71). She established a workshop in London in 1985.
Since the 1970s she has been one of the leading figures in British ceramics. She makes hand built vessel forms with strong architectonic qualities, which she prefers to show in subtly arranged groups designed to highlight the geometric shapes and decoration. She studied harp and piano at the Royal Academy of Music (1958-1964) but eventually took up ceramics working under Hans Coper at the Royal College of Art (1968-1971). She was one of a group of outstanding women ceramicists who emerged from the RCA in that period. Her ceramic vessels are carefully coil-built stoneware smoothed and refined into sharply profiled shapes. They are decorated with dry matt slips, in colours unusual for ceramics; the early work uses pale colours, then for a number of years she used stronger blues and green and more recently she has turned to monochrome forms. Although not a prolific artist she has had a number of significant one-person shows over the years and in 1996 was a finalist for the Jerwood Prize for Ceramics. Her work is represented in major collections in Britain and abroad and she is one of the most highly valued contemporary ceramic artists. … Read More
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Website
- http://www.elizabethfritsch.com
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Dynamic Structures: Painted Vessels: Major Retrospective - 2 October 2010 to 2 January 2011 at National Museum Cardiff
2008 Fine Art Society - London Nov - December
2007 Retrospective, Bonhams, London
2007 Anthony Hepworth Gallery, Bath
2000 Metaphysical Vessels, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Memory of Architecture, Part II, Besson Gallery, London
1998 Sea Pieces, Contemporary Applied Arts, London
1995-6 retrospective touring to Munich, Karlsruhe, Halle and Bellerive, Zurich
1995 Metaphysical Pots, Bellrive Museum
1994-5 Order and Chaos, Bellas Artes, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1994 Osiris Gallery, Brussels
1993-5 Vessels from Another World, Northern Centre for the Contemporary Arts, Sunderland, travelling to Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, London, Norwich, UK
1992-3 Retrospective, Pilscheur Fine Art, London
1991 Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
1990 Cross Rhythms and Counterpoint, Edinburgh, Scotland
1978 Leeds Galleries, Temple Newsham; travelled to Glasgow, Bristol, Gateshead, Bolton, and V&A, London
1976 British Craft Centre, London
1974 Waterloo Place Gallery, London
1972 Bing and Grondahl, Copenhagen … Read More
Education & Family
1980 Daughter born: Ruby Hughes
1968-71 Royal College of Art, MA (RCA) Ceramics (Distinction)
1966 Son born: Bertie Fritsch
1958-64 Royal Academy of Music, Post Graduate Diploma
Birmingham School of Music, Music (Teaching) BA Hons … Read More
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Exhibitions
Major Retrospective Exhibition
Dynamic Structures: Painted Vessels by Elizabeth Fritsch
Open Oct 2 2010–Jan 2 2011 - 10.00 am-5.00 pm Tuesday-Sunday. National Museum Wales, Cardiff
(Open Bank Holiday Mondays) Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP (map)
Phone: (029) 2039 7951 Free Entry.
