Erik Pløen
1925 - 2004Awards:
- 1961 - Lunningprisen, Nordics
- 1962 - Gold medal, International ceramic exhibition, Prague
- 1966 - Diploma, Internationales Kunsthandwerk, Stuttgart
At 16 years of age, Erik Pløen became an apprentice at the ceramics workshop Schneider & Knutzen. In 1946 he established his own workshop. During the first decade, Pløen and his assistants produced decorated pottery in tin glazed earthenware. In 1957 he began working alone, focusing on artistically crafted stoneware. Pløen’s major breakthrough came with his 1959 solo exhibition at the gallery Norway Designs in Oslo. That same year he received an artist’s grant from the government, and his works were showcased by Georg Jensen Inc. in New York. From the mid-1960s he increasingly modelled vases and bowls by hand rather than using a potter’s wheel. Over time Pløen’s ceramics developed in a looser, sculptural direction
16歳で、陶芸工房シュナイダー&クヌッツェンに見習 いとして入所したエーリク・プルーエン。1946年に自 身の工房を開き、初期は装飾性の強いファイアンス 焼陶器を手がけていましたが、57年にストーンウェア の個人的創作活動に入ります。5 9 年 にNorway Designsで開催した個展が話題となり、政 府の助 成 金を受けながら、同 年にニューヨークのジョージ・ジェンセンでも作品を発表。60年半ばからは ろくろを使わず、手びねりによる花瓶や器を多くつくるよう になり、それに伴い形状もよりゆるやかで彫刻的なものに なっていきました。
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