Emmanuel Cooper: Bernard Leach, Life and Work

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Widely recognised as a pioneer of studio pottery, Bernard Leach (1887-1979) cultivated an identity for artist potters in Britain and around the world. This outstanding biography provides a vivid, detailed account of Leach’s life and art. Emmanuel Cooper explores Leach’s working methods, the seams of his pottery, writings and philosophy, his recognition in Japan and Britain and his continuing legacy.

Product Description

Publisher: Yale University Press (on behalf of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art)
Paperback
418 pages
‎ 157x234x31mm
colour

Author Details

Emmanuel Cooper
Emmanuel Cooper, himself a potter of international reputation, explores Leach’s working methods, the seams of his pottery, his writings and philosophy, his recognition in Japan and Britain, and his continuing legacy, bringing into sharp focus a complex man who captured in his work as a potter the “still center” that always eluded him in his tumultuous personal life.

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