Brutalist Mid-Century Modern Cubist Pottery Table Lamps

Mid-Century Modern sculptural pottery table lamp by Jo-Wallis. This Brutalist accent lamp features a free-form abstract design with a matte black textural finish. Signed on backs...

Mid-Century Modern square column table lamp. Aged brass metal body features cubist style relief chess pieces mounted on a black metal base. Perfect for a game or entertainment room. ...

Mid-Century Modern brutalist table lamp by Laurel Lamp. Sculptural abstract form features a polished nickel chrome finish and is mounted on a black metal plinth base. Lamp shade not included. Designed by Richard Barr for Laurel...

Large Hollywood Regency style Lucite table lamp featuring thick heavy stacked clear Lucite panels held together with tubular chrome rods. Lucite finial and harp included. Lamp shade ...

Mid-Century Modern geometric plaster table lamp with ribbed or pleated detailing. This sculptural triangular pyramid form lamp features a beautiful pale green and beige matte glaze. ...

Fabulous Mid-Century Modern brutalist style table lamp. This sculptural pyramid form lamp features a textured stone-like raised mosaic design in vibrant turquoise and warm metallic g...

A sizable, handcrafted ceramic table lamp from midcentury France, following the Brutalist style that highlights the inherent, unrefined qualities of clay while maintaining a uniquely...

Our Mid-Century Modern Brutalist Ceramic Table Lamp has a beautiful brown glaze over the 3 dimensional, bas-relief design on the front an...

Brutalist Mid Century Modern Table Lamp, Blackened Steel, One Available One of a pair having fine brutalist welded construction new wired without shade. Unmarked Richard Barr Brutalist lamps...

Fabulous pair of Mid Century Modern Sculptural Brutalist iron table lamps with a simple straight forward tripod configuration wrapped in the...

Unique brutalist table lamp, with raw and textured materials, a chunky silhouette and all the colors of a flame, red, amber and ivory - perfect for bringing a bit of mystery and warm...

An organic and Brutalist style Butterly table lamp. No chips or cracks. Easily retired for all regions. Bernard Rooke (born 1938) is a British artist and studio potter. Rooke has exhibited his "Brutalist" ceramics and painting both in the UK and abroad with work in many collections both public and private including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, Nuffield Foundation, Röhsska Museum in Sweden and the Trondheim Kunstmuseum in Norway. Bernard Rooke attended Ipswich School of Art studying painting and lithography before going on to study at Goldsmiths College of Art. It was while studying here that he decided to take up pottery. Although unfamiliar with this craft and tradition, he found that working with clay provided new opportunities for freedom of interpretation and creativity. In 1960 Rooke set up his first pottery in Forest Hill in South London along with Alan Wallwork. It was a very small room with enough space for a small electric kiln. He was initially using mainly hand building, coiling, blocking and slabbing techniques. While researching ideas, he was supporting himself by part-time lecturing at London University, Goldsmiths College and St Mary's College. In addition, Rooke's membership of 'The Craftsman Potters' Association' enabled him to show his work in a shop in Carnaby Street in London. In 1967, both the need for a larger working space and becoming disillusioned with living in London spurred Rooke into moving out of the city and to an old mill building in Swilland in Suffolk. Rooke wanted to widen the range of work so as to become more commercial. With the birth of his son, Aaron, and much needed work to be done on the mill, it was important to be able to make a living. In 1968, the Grand Metropolitan Hotel commissioned Rooke to make 120 standard lamps, 120 table lamps as well as a 24 foot long ceramic mural and another 9 foot high, which incorporated interior lighting. The money from the commission helped to pay for much needed restoration work on the mill. By the 1970s, a gallery space was opened in the windmill and run by Susan Rooke, Bernard's wife, selling work to locals and tourists as well as to American airmen based nearby. The vision for Mill Gallery was beginning to develop and alongside this a reputation was building bringing in a good source of income. Sons Aaron and Felix were becoming more involved with the running of the pottery, giving Bernard more time to develop new ideas and designs and more time to continue with his painting. In 2004, the Rooke family decided not to sell to the public through the gallery anymore and close the pottery to concentrate more on painting and printmaking. In 2017 Bernard's lighting was featured in the Exhibition: “Glass, Light, Paint & Clay” at the Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery. The exhibition featured four artists: Bernard Rooke, John Maltby...