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Museums page for Hans Coper ((1920 - 1981)), known for Abstract functional ceramics, studio pottery, teaching. Showing 2 museum collections and exhibitions.
Hans Coper MUSEUMS
1920 Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany - 1981 Frome, Somerset, England. Known for: Abstract functional ceramics, studio pottery, teaching.
‘I am a potter, but he was an artist’ commented Lucie Rie in an interview in 1988. (1) Two of Britain’s most eminent studio potters, Rie and Hans Coper shared a workshop until 1958 and remained great... Read full biography
‘I am a potter, but he was an artist’ commented Lucie Rie in an interview in 1988. (1) Two of Britain’s most eminent studio potters, Rie and Hans Coper shared a workshop until 1958 and remained great friends until Coper’s premature death in 1981. Although their styles were always distinct, the... Read full biography
‘I am a potter, but he was an artist’ commented Lucie Rie in an interview in 1988. (1) Two of Britain’s most eminent studio potters, Rie and Hans Coper shared a workshop until 1958 and remained great friends until Coper’s premature death in 1981. Although their styles were always distinct, the effect of each was invariably influential on the other. Born in 1902, Lucie Gomperz grew up in the rich intellectual environment of early twentieth-century Vienna. The daughter of a prominent ear, nose... Read full biography
‘I am a potter, but he was an artist’ commented Lucie Rie in an interview in 1988. (1) Two of Britain’s most eminent studio potters, Rie and Hans Coper shared a workshop until 1958 and remained great friends until Coper’s premature death in 1981. Although their styles were always distinct, the effect of each was invariably influential on the other. Born in 1902, Lucie Gomperz grew up in the rich intellectual environment of early twentieth-century Vienna. The daughter of a prominent ear, nose and throat specialist, she was educated at home. In 1922, she entered the Kunstgewerbeschule, the art school attached to the Wiener Werkstätte, and was immediately ‘lost’ to the potter’s wheel. Taught by Michael Powolny, she did work that attracted the... Read full biography
‘I am a potter, but he was an artist’ commented Lucie Rie in an interview in 1988. (1) Two of Britain’s most eminent studio potters, Rie and Hans Coper shared a workshop until 1958 and remained great friends until Coper’s premature death in 1981. Although their styles were always distinct, the effect of each was invariably influential on the other. Born in 1902, Lucie Gomperz grew up in the rich intellectual environment of early twentieth-century Vienna. The daughter of a prominent ear, nose and throat specialist, she was educated at home. In 1922, she entered the Kunstgewerbeschule, the art school attached to the Wiener Werkstätte, and was immediately ‘lost’ to the potter’s wheel. Taught by Michael Powolny, she did work that attracted the attention of Josef Hoffmann, one of the co-founders of the Wiener Werkstätte, and he sent some of... Read full biography
Hans Coper - Artist Info
About Hans Coper: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (2)
All MuseumsVictoria and Albert Museum (V&A)
Cromwell Road
South Kensington
London, United Kingdom