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TitelT Arts: Applied (Craftsmen)
BeskrivelseThe Applied Arts series includes correspondence and records of art purchases involving resident and associated craftsmen including Bernard Leach; and sculptors, including Willi Soukop and Henry Moore.

The Henry Moore folder contains 101 pieces of correspondence, receipts for purchases, records of loans, and letters between Dorothy Elmhirst, Henry Moore, Ralph Beyer, Maurice Ash, and their representatives, including Peter Cox. There is also considerable secondary information about Henry Moore.

Willi Soukop correspondence includes exchanges of letters between Soukop and the Elmhirsts, records of an early lecture on sculpture given by Soukop, and biographical information. There is also a pencil sketch by Soukop of his swan designs for the Swan Fountain in the Gardens at Dartington. Later correspondence includes exchanges of letters and a record of an interview with Willi Soukop in the 1990s, about his time at Dartington Hall.

Also included in the series are administrative records of various Dartington art exhibitions, exhibition posters, and publicity material including exhibition catalogues, from 1926 to 1967. Exhibitions include ground-breaking comparative presentations of early Asian ceramics and modern studio pottery, exhibitions of Devon craft (Made in Devon), and West African stoneware pottery.

Correspondence with other artists and craftsmen includes Sam Haile, Marianne de Trey, (including a report on a visit made to Mauritius in April 1973 by Marianne Haile and Emily Whitby on behalf of the Dartington Hall Trustees); Hein Heckroth; puppeteer Richard Odlin; potter Bernard Forrester; Robin Tanner; Elizabeth Peacock; Susan Bosence; David Leach; Michael Cardew; Ralph Beyer. There is secondary source material on potter Lucie Rie.

Correspondence with galleries, institutions and individuals re loans and exhibitions includes: Marlborough Fine Art; the Redfern Gallery; the British Council; the Arts Council of Great Britain; Hayward Gallery; Royal Academy of Arts; Norman Rosenthal and George Wingfield Digby.

Also of interest are records of the 1952 International Conference of Craftsmen in Pottery and Textiles held at Dartington.

There are four boxes of records of the potter Bernard Leach, including a substantial quantity of correspondence with the potter, records of exhibitions of his work and a journal written by Leach in 1953. Also correspondence re films by Bernard Leach made during trips to Japan and Korea in 1934-1935 and restored by Marty Gross Film Productions Inc.

The series concludes with bookbinding and printmaking and books produced by these departments in more recent years..
Dato1926-1998
EmneCultural exhibitions
International Conference of Craftsmen in Pottery and Textiles
Potters
Sculptors
Craft workers
Puppets
FormatManuscript
Person Kode241
266
182
NA426
NA433
NA559
NA560
NA562
DS/UK/645
144
183
349
DS/UK/628
NA503
NA437
DS/UK/719
DS/UK/720
336
DS/UK/2003
Persons
KodePersonnavnDatoer
241Heckroth; Hein (1901-1970)1901-1970
266Leach; Bernard Howell (1887-1979)1887-1979
182Collins; Cecil (1908-1989)1908-1989
NA426Odlin; Richard (Dickie) (-1958)-1958
NA433Forrester; Bernard (1908-1990)1908-1990
NA559Trey; Marianne de (1913-)1913-
NA560Haile; Sam (1909-1948)1909-1948
NA562Rie; Dame; Lucie (1902-1995)1902-1995
DS/UK/645Moore; Henry Spencer (1898-1986)1898-1986
144Ash; Maurice (1917-2003)1917-2003
183Cox; Peter (- 13 Apr 2015)- 13 Apr 2015
349Tanner; Robin (1904-1988)1904-1988
DS/UK/628Peacock; Elizabeth (1880-1969)1880-1969
NA503Bosence; Susan (18 Apr 1913-16 Feb 1996)18 Apr 1913-16 Feb 1996
NA437Leach; David (1911-2005)1911-2005
DS/UK/719Cardew; Michael (1901-1983)1901-1983
DS/UK/720Beyer; Ralph Alexander (6 Apr 1921-13 Feb 2008)6 Apr 1921-13 Feb 2008
336Soukop; Willi (1907-1995)1907-1995
DS/UK/2003De Trey; Marianne (1913-)1913-
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