$900
H 3.5 in Dm 7.5 in
HARDING BLACK POTTERY MID CENTURY MODERN BOWL 1974 ALLIGATOR SPOT GLAZE TEXAS
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
wonderful glazes that adorn his pottery. The following quote is from an interview with Rudolf Staffel His
Ceramic
$2,800
H 12.75 in W 8 in D 8 in
HARDING BLACK POTTERY MID CENTURY MODERN VASE 1967 RARE OIL SPOT GLAZE TEXAS
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
wonderful glazes that adorn his pottery. The following quote is from an interview with Rudolf Staffel His
Ceramic
$4,300
H 16 in W 18 in D 18 in
HARDING BLACK POTTERY MID CENTURY MODERN PLANTER 1967 RARE LAVA GLAZE TEXAS
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
quote is from an interview with Rudolf Staffel His copper reds are unbelievably beautiful. Harding was a
Ceramic
$2,200
H 17 in W 5 in D 5 in
"Huge Oxblood Vase" Beautiful from Texas Master Glazer Harding Black
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
quote is from an interview with Rudolf Staffel His copper reds are unbelievably beautiful. Harding was a
Ceramic
EXTRA BEAUTIFUL CRACKLE VASE BY MASTER TEXAS GLAZER HARDING BLACK POTTERY
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
quote is from an interview with Rudolf Staffel His copper reds are unbelievably beautiful. Harding was a
Ceramic
HARDING BLACK POTTERY MID CENTURY MODERN VASE 1939 TEXAS
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
wonderful glazes that adorn his pottery. The following quote is from an interview with Rudolf Staffel His
Ceramic
Rudulf Staffel Pottery Bowl
By Rudolf Staffel
Located in New York, NY
The work of Rudulf Staffel (1911-2002) rarely comes on the markete. This early glazed earthenware
Earthenware
Sold
H 16 in W 18 in D 18 in
HARDING BLACK POTTERY MID CENTURY MODERN TEXAS PLANTER. MASTER GALZER DATED 1959
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
wonderful glazes that adorn his pottery. The following quote is from an interview with Rudolf Staffel His
Ceramic
"Mid Century / Industrial Bowl"
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rudolf Staffel His copper reds are unbelievably beautiful. Harding was a master of glazes and one of the
Ceramic
"AWESOME LARGE ART POTTERY VASE" Master Glazer
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
quote is from an interview with Rudolf Staffel His copper reds are unbelievably beautiful. Harding was a
Ceramic
"Mid Century Large Art Pottery Bowl"
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
quote is from an interview with Rudolf Staffel His copper reds are unbelievably beautiful. Harding was a
Ceramic
"Art Pottery Vase" Extra Large for his work.
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
quote is from an interview with Rudolf Staffel His copper reds are unbelievably beautiful. Harding was a
Ceramic
Sold
H 17 in W 9 in D 3 in
"AWESOME LARGE OIL SPOT BOWL" Master Glazer brown and beige earthtones
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
quote is from an interview with Rudolf Staffel His copper reds are unbelievably beautiful. Harding was a
Ceramic
Sold
H 7 in W 4 in D 4 in
"ATOMIC AVOVADO VASE" 1949 One of Texas & the World's Master Glazers MID CENTURY
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
quote is from an interview with Rudolf Staffel His copper reds are unbelievably beautiful. Harding was a
Ceramic
Sold
H 13 in W 9.5 in D 2.5 in
LARGE HARDING BLACK POTTERY MID CENTURY MODERN TEXAS. MASTER GALZER DATED 1952
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rudolf Staffel His copper reds are unbelievably beautiful. Harding was a master of glazes and one of the
Ceramic
Sold
H 5 in W 5 in D 2 in
1944 Harding Black Footed Bowl BY MASTER TEXAS GLAZER HARDING BLACK ART POTTERY
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rudolf Staffel His copper reds are unbelievably beautiful. Harding was a master of glazes and one of the
Ceramic
Light Gatherer Porcelain Vase by Rudolf "Rudy" Staffel
By Rudolf Staffel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A beaker-Form Light Gather vessel by Rudy Staffel (1911-2002). Rudolf (or Rudy) Staffel was a
Porcelain
Large Complex Light Gatherer Porcelain Vase by Rudolf "Rudy" Staffel
By Rudolf Staffel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A large and complex light gather vase by Rudy Staffel (1911-2002). Rudolf (or Rudy) Staffel was
Porcelain
Large Rare Light Gatherer Covered Porcelain Jar by Rudolf "Rudy" Staffel
By Rudolf Staffel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A rare light gather covered vessel or jar by Rudy Staffel (1911-2002), 20th century. Rudolf (or
Porcelain
Sold
H 10.75 in W 15 in D 8 in
"Extra Large Industrial Art Tile" One of Texas and the World's Master Glazers
By Harding Black
Located in San Antonio, TX
pottery. The following quote is from an interview with Rudolf Staffel His copper reds are unbelievably
Ceramic
$187Sale Price|80% Off
H 14.77 in Dm 0.04 in
Antique 19th Century Japanese Kutani Vase Marked on Base Figures Garden
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Very lovely piece. With mark 15-8-19-2-1 Condition Overall condition; Perfect. Size: 320mm Period Meiji Periode (1867-1912).
Earthenware
Mid-Century Vintage Transparent and Orange Crystal Vase, Italy, 1960s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Vintage glass in good original condition. Very nice color. Only one unique piece. Crystal glass.
Crystal
$9,200Sale Price|36% Off
H 24.5 in W 37.5 in D 1.25 in
Spring Storm by Doel Reed, 1980 Southwestern Modernist Landscape Painting
By Doel Reed
Located in Denver, CO
"Spring Storm" is a powerful original painting by acclaimed American modernist Doel Reed (1894–1985), celebrated for his dramatic Southwestern landscapes and mastery of tone and text...
Casein
Dame Lucie Rie Turquoise Blue Stoneware Bowl
Located in Benington, Herts
A Fine and Important beautifully minimalist vase in the Japanese style with wavy rim and dripping manganese ‘bronze’ glaze by Dame Lucie Rie one of the 20th Century’s most important ...
Stoneware
$35,000
H 25 in W 62 in
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
By Seymour Fogel
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers Seymour Fogel (1911-1984) Mural Study, untitled 11 x 49 1/4 inches (sight) Tempera on board Provenance:...
Egg Tempera, Board
Monumental Sèvres Porcelain Blue Lapis Vase
By Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Located in New York, NY
A monumental palace size Sèvres Porcelain blue lapis painted vase. Beautifully hand-painted to imitate natural Lapis Lazuli stone. Hand-painted in Royal Cobalt blue color with white ...
Bronze
Phil Rogers Studio Pottery Ash Glazed Vase with Foliate Designs
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A stylish Marston Pottery ash glazed stoneware studio pottery vase decorated with foliate designs by renowned potter Philip (Phil) Rogers (British, b.1951) dating from the latter 20t...
Stoneware
$9,200
H 12 in W 14 in D 3 in
"On the Hopi Reservation" Rare Adobe Scene by Dawson Dawson-Watson circa 1927
By Dawson Dawson-Watson
Located in San Antonio, TX
Dawson Dawson-Watson "On the Hopi Reservation" Has two different old gallery labels on the verso from Santa Fe Galleries. (1864-1939) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 6.5 x 9 Frame S...
Oil
$13,800
H 20 in Dm 15 in
19th C Chinese Celadon Ground Vase: Blue & White Cartouches of Scholars & Elders
Located in New York, NY
A 19th Century Chinese Celadon Ground Vase with Blue and White Cartouches of Scholars and Elders A very large 19th century blue and white Celadon Ground Vase, decorated front and bac...
Porcelain
Vintage 'Space Age' Set Opaline Florence Vase, 1955
By Opaline florence
Located in Verviers, BE
Vintage opaline from Florence. This is an unusual period colorway and size, that will give a midcentury touch to your interior. Size of the smaller one H 12.6 in x D 4.33 in. ...
Murano Glass, Opaline Glass
$263Sale Price|24% Off
H 7.88 in W 1.97 in D 1.97 in
Vintage decorative "Sommerso" Murano vase in clear and brown glass, Flavio Poli
By Flavio Poli
Located in Milano, IT
Universally regarded as one of the most prolific and capable designers of Murano glass vases and objects at large, Flavio Poli teamed up with some of the most influential and skilled...
Glass, Art Glass, Murano Glass
Harding Black was born on a farm in Nueces County between Ingleside and Aransas Pass and moved with his family to San Antonio in 1916. There, he graduated from Brackenridge High School and attended San Antonio Junior College (1929–30). In 1931, Black joined an archaeological expedition to the Big Bend area sponsored by the Witte Memorial Museum. Initially a painter, he was taught by Rudolph Staffel in 1933 to make wheel-thrown pottery and in the same year began to teach children's ceramic classes at the Witte. Between 1937–39, Black directed ceramic installation in a San Antonio reconstruction project sponsored by the National Youth Administration and the Works Progress Administration art program. In 1955, he retired from teaching and devoted his time to ceramics. Black became a well-known ceramist from his research, innovations, and writings in the field.
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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