Rookwood: The Rediscovery and Revival of an American Icon--An Illustrated History PDF
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RO OK WOOD 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 1 9/6/20 3:18 PM 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 1 9/6/20 3:16 PM TTiittllee:: 333311442277 -- RRooookkwwoooodd Text PPaaggee:: 11 RO OK WOOD THE REDISCOVERY AND REVIVAL OF AN AMERICAN ICON — An Illustrated History — TTiittllee:: 333311442277 -- RRooookkwwoooodd 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 2 9/6/20 3:18 PM 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 2 PPaaggee:: 22 9/6/20 3:16 PM Bob Batchelor RO OK WOOD THE REDISCOVERY AND REVIVAL OF AN AMERICAN ICON — An Illustrated History — TTiittllee:: 333311442277 -- RRooookkwwoooodd 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 3 9/6/20 3:18 PM 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 3 Text PPaaggee:: 33 9/6/20 3:16 PM © 2020 Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc. Text © 2020 Bob Batchelor Photography © 2020 Rookwood, except where noted on page 231 First published in 2020 by Rockport Publishers, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 265-D, Beverly, MA 01915, USA. 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For details, contact the Special Sales Manager by email at [email protected] or by mail at The Quarto Group, Attn: Special Sales Manager, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 265-D, Beverly, MA 01915, USA. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN: 978-1-63159-863-0 Digital edition published in 2020 eISBN: 978-1-63159-864-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available. Front cover design: Beth Johnson Back cover design: Landers Miller Design Book Design: Rick Landers Printed in China TTiittllee:: 333311442277 -- RRooookkwwoooodd 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 4 9/6/20 3:18 PM 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 4 Text PPaaggee:: 44 9/6/20 3:16 PM To Maria Longworth Nichols Storer for breaking barriers and to Marilyn Scripps for stewarding the legacy. And, to the generations of artisans whose vision brought the art to life. TTiittllee:: 333311442277 -- RRooookkwwoooodd 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 5 9/6/20 3:18 PM 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 5 Text PPaaggee:: 55 9/6/20 3:16 PM Contents 9 Foreword by Marilyn Scripps 11 Preface 12 Chapter 1 16 The First Woman of Manufacturing 21 Woman Power The Birth of American 22 On the Banks of the Mighty Ohio River Art Pottery 30 Oscar Wilde Visits the Queen City 32 Chapter 2 38 A Scientific Endeavor: Glaze, Form, and Decoration 44 Native American Portraits – George Hibben The World’s Foremost 46 Worldwide Acclaim Design Studio 55 Rookwood and Electroplated Metal – Riley Humler 58 Mark Twain: Rookwood Aficionado 60 Chapter 3 69 Expanding Glaze Lines 72 Birth of Art Tile Melding Art and Industry 77 Art Nouveau in the Twentieth Century 80 Tile at the St. Louis World’s Fair 82 Chapter 4 88 Growing a Brand 101 The End of an Era: William Watts Taylor Simplicity and Style 104 Sara Sax and the Floral Explosion 106 The Rathskeller at Louisville’s Seelbach Hotel 108 Chapter 5 112 Discovering a New Path 116 A Rookwood Room: Fantastic Tile Installations Evolution of Form and Style – George Hibben 118 A Foot in the Past, a Move Toward the Future 120 E. T. Hurley: An Artist’s Artist – Riley Humler 124 Arts and Crafts Movement at Rookwood – George Hibben TTiittllee:: 333311442277 -- RRooookkwwoooodd 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 6 9/6/20 3:18 PM 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 6 Text PPaaggee:: 66 9/6/20 3:16 PM 126 Chapter 6 134 Art Deco Production Pieces – Riley Humler 136 Uniting Art and Science Rookwood in the 139 Beauty, Commerce, and Adapting to the Jazz Age Roaring Twenties 144 Rookwood’s Jazz Artist: William Hentschel 146 Chapter 7 150 Glaze in the 1930s–George Hibben 152 Elegance Amid Uncertainty The Weight of the Great 160 Rookwood’s Picasso: Jens Jensen – Riley Humler Depression’s Crushing Blow 162 Close of a Golden Age 166 Chapter 8 170 Ownership Change and Struggle 171 The World at War Desperate Measures 184 John Dee Wareham: A Lifetime in Pottery to Save an Icon – Riley Humler 187 Kitaro Shirayamadani: Rookwood’s Soul 190 Chapter 9 194 What Is Rookwood? 195 Finding a Treasure Collectors Seek Treasures 198 The Most Expensive Piece of Rookwood – Riley Humler 200 Dr. Townley Saves Rookwood – George Hibben 202 Chapter 10 208 Return to the Queen City 212 Architectural Tile and Crystalline Glazes Rediscovery and – George Hibben Revival 214 Rookwood in the Twenty-First Century 218 Hand Thrown Art Pottery – George Hibben 220 Endnotes 231 Image Credits 232 About Riley Humler and George Hibben 232 Acknowledgments 234 About the Author 234 Index TTiittllee:: 333311442277 -- RRooookkwwoooodd 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 7 16/6/20 2:51 PM 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 7 Text PPaaggee:: 77 9/6/20 3:16 PM TTiittllee:: 333311442277 -- RRooookkwwoooodd 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 8 9/6/20 3:18 PM 331427 - Rookwood_001-240.indd 8 PPaaggee:: 88 9/6/20 3:16 PM
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