Polia Pillin Furniture

A rare Polia Pillin (1909–1992) hand-painted biomorphic form ceramic brooch / art jewelry. She was no doubt influenced by Picasso, and the cubist art movement when she painted this brooch. Pillin jewelry pieces like this are extremely rare. Polia Pillin a celebrated Polish-born American artist famous for her mid-century modern ceramics. Working with her husband, William Pillin, she became a key figure in California studio pottery, known for hand-painting whimsical, "Byzantine" style scenes of women, birds, and animals onto clay vessels. Polia Pillin was born as Polia Sukonic in 1909, in Częstochowa, Poland. She was Jewish, and immigrated to the United States in 1924, and settled in Chicago, Illinois. Polia attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Jewish People's Institute in Chicago. In 1927, she met and married Jewish Ukrainian...

Large platter by ceramic artist Polia Pillin (1909-1992), triangular in shape the piece is comprised of three figurative abstract forms in each of the three quadrants of the piece. Pillin used a multitude of glazes to create this colorful object. Polish-born Polia Pillin (1909-1992) and her husband William established their ceramic studio, The Pillin Art Pottery Company, in their Los Angeles, CA garage in 1948. Her husband shaped and glazed the pots that became canvases that Polia used to paint fanciful scenes of people and animals in the mid-century style. Thousands of pieces were produced and Polia became one of the most highly regarded of contemporary studio potters today. The clay used for Pillin pottery...

Polia Pillin Large Scale Bulbous Ceramic Vase, California, c.1965. Women w/ Umbrellas, Trees & Dancers.

Beautiful organic shaped decorative ceramic tray by noted ceramic artist, Polia Pillin c1950s. Polia Pillin, (1909–1992), was a Polish-American ceramist during the 20th century. Bo...

Rare scale for one of her pieces. Wheel thrown, glazed with hand painted birds. No chips, cracks or repairs. Some crackling within the glaze. Add to collections and interiors....

A Polia Pillin California Studio pottery plate / charger. String instrument with dancer. Two flea bites at upper rim. Noticeable upon close inspection. Please excuse some glare in ph...

Colorful California studio pottery bowl created by William and Polia Pillin of Los Angeles, California. Bowl measures 3.5" by 6 3/8" and is signed W + P Pillin on the bottom. In very...

Selection of modernist vases, circa 1950s-1960s. They are priced at $850 each. From left to right, they are: 1) Polia Pillin hand painted vase, signed, American, circa 1960s. It meas...

1948 - 1992 William + Polia Pillin were California potters He would throw the pots and she would paint them with decorative females, birds and horses This is an unusual glaze executed by William Wheel thrown clay with an amazing crater glaze...

Polia Pillin ceramic bowl, circa 1960.

California studio pottery bud vase created by William and Polia Pillin, circa 1960's. Vase measures 9" by 7" and is signed W + P Pillin on the bottom. In very good vintage condition.

Monumental ceramic bowl depicting birds, figures and horse set in an etherial surrealist nature theme created by Polia Pillin of Los Angeles, California. Bowl measures 10.5" in heigh...