Description
impressed artist's and date mark, stoneware painted and glazed with nude figures
Dimensions
46.5cm high (18.25in high)
Footnote
Note:
Robert Washington was a significant figure in the British studio ceramics movements, a key follower of William Staite Murray and his school of thought. They believed in distancing their work from craft associations arguing that pots should be seen as fine art.
Washington taught at the Derby College of Art at either side of World War II, before becoming principal of Dewsbury and then Margate Schools of Art. His work showed the clear influence of Murray, but with his own interpretation of the figure.