Description: Large wall plate. 1980s. Porcelain, chandelier painting in gold tones on dark blue-black ground. 63 x 47 cm. Framed. After studying art at the University of Witwatersrand / South Africa and working as an art teacher for painting and ceramics, Esias Bosch went to England from 1949 to 1952 as a scholar to study there as a ceramist, first with Dora Billington and then with Raymond Finch and Michael Cardew. Back in South Africa, he developed here in the following years to a pioneer of studio ceramics. Through exhibitions in the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1972, in the Historical Museum in Hanover in 1983 and in the Keramion Frechen he is also internationally known. After working exclusively with stoneware for a long time, he turned in 1975 to the material porcelain. Since 1988 he has been involved in the production of large-format wall panels with lustrating painters' decor. While he manufactures porcelain plates up to a maximum size of 70 x 50 cm, as well as the present copy, he mostly uses blanks from other manufacturers in the stoneware slabs. The group of porcelain and ceramic tiles is one of his most impressive works in addition to vascular ceramics. Part of this group of works are also large-scale installations for public buildings, such as for the international lobby of the airport in Johannisburg.
Artist or Maker: Esias Bosch, 1923-2010
Date: 1980s
Condition Report: Condition Report available on request
Literature: Esias Bosch. Ein Internationaler Künstler. Beihefte zu Ausstellungen im Historischen Museum, Hannover 1983 und im Gut Buschhof, K?nigswinter/ Sonderausstellung der Keramik-Galerie B?wig, Hannover, 1984 (allgemein).