Lucie Rie, own workshop. Large modernist unique vase.

Lucie Rie (1902-1995), Austrian-born British ceramicist. Own workshop. Large modernist unique vase in glazed ceramic/stoneware. White glaze. Trumpet-shaped mouth. Museum quality. Circa 1980. In excellent condition. The bottom of the vase has been restored after the production at the Lucie Rie workshop. See photo. Signed: LR in monogram. Dimensions: H 30.5 cm. x D 16.5 cm. Lucie Rie's work, consisting mainly of hand-turned vases and bowls, is notable for its modernist forms and her use of bright colours. She studied ceramics at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule, a school of arts and crafts. In 1937 she won a silver medal at the Paris International Exhibition and the following year Rie moved to London to escape the Nazis in Austria.