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It provided the ideal environment for tower to develop his unique style distinct from the teachings of bernard leach and traditional pottery.
James tower ceramics sculptures and drawings edited by timothy wilcox contains essays by wilcox tanya harod lesley jackson and conor wilson.
James tower 1919 1988 british ceramic bowl untitled 14 1 2 x 14 1 2 x 4 inches 36 8 x 36 8 x 10 2 centimeters on verso signed provenance collection of the artist acquired from the above by the present private collection canada james tower enjoyed creating pieces that could be for use or for decorative display.
Group show artist potters now museum of oxford oxford.
An exhibtion of twenty five vessels plates and sculptures by james tower.
1987 craftsmen potters association new members show london.
1988 dies of heart failure.
A centenary celebration see sculptural ceramics by one of britain s most important 20th century studio potters.
Please find two extracts below both drawn from the book the ceramic art of james tower by timothy wilcox and published by lund humphries in 2012 the first is an introduction to james tower s work written by the author and the second is an essay about the artist by antony gormley.
He continued his studies in art at the slade school of art where he discovered an interest in early english slipware and became fascinated with ceramics.
1986 gimpel fils christmas show james tower ceramics london.
The organic forms and painterly surfaces of his flattened bottles and disc like vases evoke notions of nature referencing foliage water and the landscape.
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The ceramic art of james tower 2012 this loan exhibition and accompanying book offer a comprehensive survey of this major artist s achievement to mark the centenary of his birth.
A similar cat can be seen in a contemporary photograph with the artist at the bath academy of art corsham court 1952 reproduced in timothy wilcox s the ceramic art of james tower lund humphries 2012 pg.
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1982 solo show james tower gimpels fils london.
James tower was born in kent and studied painting at the royal academy from 1938 until 1940.
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James tower is one of the most distinctive figures in post war british ceramics.
James tower ceramic artist.
