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oapen-20.500.12657-761702023-09-13T03:32:26Z William Moorcroft, Potter Mallinson, Jonathan art;Arts and Crafts;biography;cultural history;decorative arts;industry;Moorcroft;pottery;production bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AF Art forms::AFP Ceramic arts, pottery, glass bic Book Industry Communication::W Lifestyle, sport & leisure::WF Handicrafts, decorative arts & crafts::WFN Pottery, ceramics & glass crafts bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AF Art forms::AFT Decorative arts bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AK Industrial / commercial art & design bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTB Social & cultural history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day::HBLW 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 William Moorcroft (1872-1945) was one of the most celebrated potters of the early twentieth century. His career extended from the Arts and Crafts movement of the late Victorian age to the Austerity aesthetics of the Second World War. Rejecting mass production and patronised by Royalty, Moorcroft’s work was a synthesis of studio and factory, art and industry. He considered it his vocation to create an everyday art, both functional and decorative, affordable by more than a privileged few: ‘If only the people in the world would concentrate upon making all things beautiful, and if all people concentrated on developing the arts of Peace, what a world it might be,’ he wrote in a letter to his daughter in 1930. 'William Moorcroft, Potter: Individuality by Design' is a pioneering study by Jonathan Mallinson, Emeritus Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. It follows the career of William Moorcroft through a wealth of private papers, letters and diaries, business correspondence and published reviews in newspapers, trade magazines and art journals. Richly illustrated with examples of his pottery, it explores what lay behind the unique impact of work sought by museums and treasured in homes the world over. The book examines an artist’s very individual response to the turbulent half century in which he worked. It will appeal to both specialists and general readers with an interest in pottery, the decorative arts, and the cultural history of the times. 2023-09-11T11:54:40Z 2023-09-11T11:54:40Z 2023 book 9781805110538 9781805110545 9781805110569 9781805110583 9781805110590 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76170 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 9781805110552.pdf https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/OBP.0349 Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0349 10.11647/OBP.0349 23117811-c361-47b4-8b76-2c9b160c9a8b 9781805110538 9781805110545 9781805110569 9781805110583 9781805110590 ScholarLed 414 Cambridge open access
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William Moorcroft (1872-1945) was one of the most celebrated potters of the early twentieth century. His career extended from the Arts and Crafts movement of the late Victorian age to the Austerity aesthetics of the Second World War. Rejecting mass production and patronised by Royalty, Moorcroft’s work was a synthesis of studio and factory, art and industry. He considered it his vocation to create an everyday art, both functional and decorative, affordable by more than a privileged few: ‘If only the people in the world would concentrate upon making all things beautiful, and if all people concentrated on developing the arts of Peace, what a world it might be,’ he wrote in a letter to his daughter in 1930.
'William Moorcroft, Potter: Individuality by Design' is a pioneering study by Jonathan Mallinson, Emeritus Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. It follows the career of William Moorcroft through a wealth of private papers, letters and diaries, business correspondence and published reviews in newspapers, trade magazines and art journals. Richly illustrated with examples of his pottery, it explores what lay behind the unique impact of work sought by museums and treasured in homes the world over. The book examines an artist’s very individual response to the turbulent half century in which he worked. It will appeal to both specialists and general readers with an interest in pottery, the decorative arts, and the cultural history of the times.
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