Eric James Mellon Ceramics

In the early 1950s he set up an artistic community at hillesden buckinghamshire with.

Eric james mellon ceramics.

At the age of 13 he won a place at watford school of art and began a traditional art education based on the study of drawing and aesthetics. Eric james mellon painting a pot in his studio. Contents ud preface ud introduction ud i eric james mellon a portrait ud ii mellon an allegory of life ud iii in the round europa and the bull ud iv five pots ud v art and politics ud vi ash glazes ud vii chronology publications and exhibitions ud appendix. Eric james mellon made pots lyrically decorated with figures and vivid colour that came to occupy a special place in postwar british ceramics.

Trained at the central school of arts and crafts in london 1945 47 he was awarded his national diploma in design. Two bernard forrester items from the collection two flower bricks by sarah walton from the. Eric was both artist and artisan. Large mid century or earlier studio pottery vase with erotic panels.

Good condition heavy pottery. Although known as one of the finest british studio potters of the 20th century mellon originally wanted to be a painter. Crafts but began to. Eric james mellon 1925 2014 back to list of artists.

Ceramic context art of decoration and sources of inspiration ud contributors ud acknowledgement. Eric james mellon 1925 2014 lots 1549 to 1597 in our forthcoming auction of british continental ceramics glass are from the personal collection of the internationally acclaimed sussex based ceramic artist painter printmaker and educator eric james mellon who died on 14th january this year. Important potters of earlier decades like sam haile. Eric is most famed for his work as a potter and his pioneering use of ash glazes but he also worked as a painter and printmaker.