Lucie Rie (b. 1902, d. 1995), Austrian-born British ceramist. Large modernist unique bowl in glazed stoneware. Beautiful glaze in light earth tones. Own workshop, approx. 1970.

Lucie Rie (b. 1902, d. 1995), Austrian-born British ceramist. Large modernist unique bowl in glazed stoneware. Beautiful glaze in light earth tones. Own workshop, approx. 1970. Measures: 28 x 24 x 8 cm. In excellent condition. Signed: LR in monogram. Lucy Rie’s works, usually consisting of hand-thrown pots, bottles, and bowl forms, are noteworthy for their Modernist forms and her use of bright colors. She studied pottery at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule, a school of arts and crafts. In 1937, she won a silver medal at the Paris International Exhibition and by the following year, Rie moved to London to flee Nazi Austria.