Lucie Rie

Dame
Lucie Rie
DBE
Rie in 1990
Born
Lucie Gomperz

(1902-03-16)16 March 1902
Vienna, Austria
Died1 April 1995(1995-04-01) (aged 93)
London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationKunstgewerbeschule
Known forStudio pottery
Thrown vase by Lucie Rie

Dame Lucie Rie, DBE (16 March 1902 – 1 April 1995) (German pronunciation: [lʊtsiː ʀiː])[1] was an Austrian-born, independent, British studio potter working in a time when most ceramicists were male. She is known for her extensive technical knowledge, her meticulously detailed experimentation with glazes and with firing and her unusual decorative techniques.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Rie, Dame Lucie". Academic.ru. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Lucie Rie: The Adventure of Pottery". The Holburne Museum. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  3. ^ Smith, Isabella (2022). Lucy Rie. Eiderdown Books. ISBN 978-1916041691.
  4. ^ Hallett, Florence (23 March 2023). "Lucie Rie: A refugee's great pottery showdown". The New European. Retrieved 13 September 2023.