The exquisite pottery of Lucie Rie
David Sexton | The Spectator | 18th March 2023
When Rie fled to London in 1938, she carried with her the urban aesthetic of Viennese Modernism. It was hardly a good fit with English ceramics comfortable in the embrace of “rustic nostalgia”. As a “ravishing” exhibition shows, she not only prospered but helped elevate the status of studio ceramics. The pared back elegance of her designs, exquisite colours and different surface treatments are “astonishingly self-sufficient [and] so giving of their beauty.”
