Vase with geese
Artus Van Briggle began his career in ceramics at the Rookwood Pottery, but because of respiratory issues, moved to Colorado, where, with his wife Anna Van Briggle, he established his own pottery in Colorado Springs in 1901. The Van Briggles and some other designers produced models from which molds were made, and the vases were then slip-cast in multiple forms. They were particularly noteworthy for their glazes in satiny soft textures in unusual colors, sometimes one or more combine on a single piece. Like many American artists, Artus Van Briggle had traveled to and studied in Paris in the late 1890s and was much influenced by not only the artistic ceramics he saw there, but much of the French art that was on exhibition. Van Briggle’s early work often exhibits the stylistic characteristics of the Art Nouveau, especially in the sinuous curves of the stems on his floral-decorative vases. Although most of the Van Briggle designs feature plant forms, this is a departure in displaying the heads and necks of geese. However, they are treated in a similar manner—the birds’ heads as the blossoms and the slender necks as the sinuous stems.
Artwork Details
- Title: Vase with geese
- Designer: Designed by Artus Van Briggle (American, Felicity, Ohio 1869–1904 Colorado Springs, Colorado)
- Manufacturer: Van Briggle Pottery Company (1901–present)
- Date: Design dates to 1900; 1902
- Geography: Made in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Stoneware
- Dimensions: H. 6 1/2 in.
- Credit Line: Gift of Martin Eidelberg, 2020
- Object Number: 2020.64.176
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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