NEWCOMB COLLEGE AMERICAN ART POTTERY IRVINE MEYER

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is wonderful large bowl by Newcomb College in New Orleans, La. The design surrounding the bowl are pears. A great of the arts and crafts movement at the college. Marks on the base- nc, 267, NI66, S IRivne initials. Diameter- 11 inces, height 3 in. One minor factory glaze miss on the base. Artist Sadie Irvine, potter Joseph Meyer. Year 1923 - MX through NQ (1-100 numbered pieces for each letter combination. A rt pottery around the country was affected at the turn of the century when new design theories were published in Arthur Wesley Dow's 1899 Composition. Dow recommended simplification of compositions and elimination of naturalistic modeling or rendering. He used bold outlines to arrange and organize space, and chose palettes with close tonalities. Between 1900 -1906, some of Newcomb's most talented and prolific instructors and students attended Dow's Ipswich, Massachusetts summer sessions: Henrietta Bailey, Marie Levering Benson, Sarah Henderson, Harriet Joor, Roberta Beverly Kennon, Marie deHoa LeBlanc, Amelie and Desiree Roman, and Mary Sheerer. The Newcomb pottery color scheme was essentially unchanged, but the effect Dow's ideas had on decoration was pronounced. Designs were outlined in thick black lines of pigment and horizontal bands were added to make spatial divisions on the pots. Several years later, this outlining led read more

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