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Large Martin Brothers Glazed Stoneware Grotesque and Long Beaked Bird Jar and Cover
Auction: 11/18/2016
Lot: 79001
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Robert Wallace Martin AUCTION RECORDS
1843 - 1923. Known for: Stoneware birds, monsters, and beasts, Wally Birds.
Such a fine collection of Martinware grotesques and ‘Wally-birds’ as is offered here not only refreshes the admiration one has always felt for the brothers’ work, but provides an opportunity to... Read full biography
Such a fine collection of Martinware grotesques and ‘Wally-birds’ as is offered here not only refreshes the admiration one has always felt for the brothers’ work, but provides an opportunity to re-examine the creative genius of Robert Wallace Martin. Although Walter was responsible for glazing and... Read full biography
Such a fine collection of Martinware grotesques and ‘Wally-birds’ as is offered here not only refreshes the admiration one has always felt for the brothers’ work, but provides an opportunity to re-examine the creative genius of Robert Wallace Martin. Although Walter was responsible for glazing and ring, Edwin for colouring (sometimes), and Charles for advising about customer preferences, the birds and monsters were essentially the product of Wallace’s rich imagination and prodigious skill as a... Read full biography
Such a fine collection of Martinware grotesques and ‘Wally-birds’ as is offered here not only refreshes the admiration one has always felt for the brothers’ work, but provides an opportunity to re-examine the creative genius of Robert Wallace Martin. Although Walter was responsible for glazing and ring, Edwin for colouring (sometimes), and Charles for advising about customer preferences, the birds and monsters were essentially the product of Wallace’s rich imagination and prodigious skill as a modeller and carver - or, more simply, as a sculptor. For these stoneware figures are indeed sculpture. One of the traits in Wallace’s character which has not perhaps received sufficient attention was his fiercely felt need for independence. He never... Read full biography
Such a fine collection of Martinware grotesques and ‘Wally-birds’ as is offered here not only refreshes the admiration one has always felt for the brothers’ work, but provides an opportunity to re-examine the creative genius of Robert Wallace Martin. Although Walter was responsible for glazing and ring, Edwin for colouring (sometimes), and Charles for advising about customer preferences, the birds and monsters were essentially the product of Wallace’s rich imagination and prodigious skill as a modeller and carver - or, more simply, as a sculptor. For these stoneware figures are indeed sculpture. One of the traits in Wallace’s character which has not perhaps received sufficient attention was his fiercely felt need for independence. He never wanted to be beholden to any person or to any organization. He very quickly abandoned formal education for self-sufficiency as an errand boy. H... Read full biography
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Robert Wallace Martin 
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeAn Unrecorded Early Stoneware Bed Warmer Modelled as a Tortoise, 1880
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