Artwork Ceramic Beatrice Wood
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Artwork ceramic beatrice wood. American furniture and design. She was an outspoken and determined young woman who became known as the mama of dada because of her involvement with the dada artists and marcel duchamp. In 1912 beatrice rejected plans for a coming out party and announced that she wanted to be a painter. Beatrice wood 1893 1998 is known both for her shimmering pots and her long extraordinary life.
Beatrice wood a ceramic artist known as much for her irreverent quips beauty bohemian life style and famous lovers as for her luminous luster glaze chalices and who inspired at least two movie. She gained celebrity for her pottery for her unusual lustreware in particular and inspired a character in the book jules et jim 1953. She had earlier studied art and theater in paris and was working in new york as an actress. The forgotten legacy of cult artist beatrice wood.
While only a handful of wood s works are on view a elaborate chalice a funny duo of figurative forms called mr. Teapot 1980 the artist s lust for life and art are palpable throughout the space especially in her former studio which is still stacked with the minerals she used to concoct glazes labeled borax green. Beatrice wood fled her affluent home and proper upbringing to become an actress artist and writer. Wood began working with ceramics in 1933 when she took a class at hollywood high school in california.
Handcrafted furniture and design. 1893 1998 as a potter wood was fascinated by the glazing process from the beginning and dedicated much energy to the study of luster glazing techniques. Her mother decided that if this were the case it would be accomplished properly. Beatrice wood age 9 in photographer s studio paris.
Ultimately it was this exposure to the arts that ruined her mother s plans for her. She also studied briefly with master potters getrud and otto natzler in 1940 who impressed upon her the value of the ceramic vessel as fine art. Beatrice wood march 3 1893 march 12 1998 was an american artist and studio potter involved in the avant garde movement in the united states.