The life and work of John ffrench : Irish ceramic artist (1928-2010) / Peter Lamb.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland : Gandon Editions, [2017]Description: 336 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), portraits ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781910140086
- 9781910140178
- 738.082 FFR
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 738.092 FFR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100635151 |
This book is a study of the work of the Irish artist John ffrench, whose main focus was on ceramics but who was also a painter, silk-screen printer, batik maker, collagist and decorator of furniture. His use of bright colour was the principal feature of his work in all media, and two of his early ceramic exhibitions in Dublin (in 1952 and 1960) sold out as soon as they opened.
This book traces ffrench's career in its entirety for the first time. It is intended to show the richness of his work, informed by the complexity of his family background; his mother was Italian, with Christian and Muslim ancestors, and his father was from the Catholic gentry of Co Galway in the west of Ireland. This book is based mainly on a large amount of primary material and original research, including interviews with ffrench himself, his family. colleagues, friends and contemporaries.
Includes bibliographical references and index.