John William Wadsworth
John William Wadsworth (1879–1955)[1] was a British ceramicist.
After studying at the Royal College of Art, he began his career at the Mintons company in Stoke-on-Trent, where he collaborated closely with Léon-Victor Solon on art nouveau designs. These products were marketed as "secessionist ware" in a reference to the Vienna Secession art movement.[2]
He emigrated to the United States in 1901.[2]
He moved to the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company as Art Director in 1915.
He was the father of the potter Philip Wadsworth, born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1910.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ John William Wadsworth
- ^ a b Grant Muter. Muter, Grant (1985). "Léon Solon and John Wadsworth: Joint Designers of Minton's Secessionist Ware". The Journal of the Decorative Arts Society (9): 41–49. JSTOR 41809144.
ASPECTS OF BRITISH DESIGN 1870 - 1930
- ^ Philip Smeale Wadsworth
Further reading[edit]
- Phillips. London, 8 April 1992,"The Ceramic Art and Paintings of John and Philip Wadsworth".
- J. Jones, Minton. The First Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, Shrewsbury, 1993, pp. 242–53.
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