Ceramics Artists

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Ceramics Artists

322 works at MoMA 8 nationalities

Leading Artists in Ceramics

  1. 69 Eva Zeisel American
  2. 19 Coors Porcelain Co., Golden, CO American
  3. 16 Trude Petri-Raben American
  4. 8 Gertrud Natzler American
  5. 8 Makoto Komatsu Japanese
  6. 8 Hella Jongerius Dutch
  7. 7 Nikolai Suetin Russian
  8. 6 Sam Lucente American
  9. 6 Aldo Bakker Dutch
  10. 6 Russel Wright American

National Distribution

NationalityWorksShare
American18055.9%
German268.1%
Dutch206.2%
British165%
Italian134%
Japanese123.7%
Finnish113.4%
Russian82.5%

Classification Sub-types

Classification Works Share
Design 273 84.8%
Sculpture 18 5.6%
Multiple 17 5.3%
Frank Lloyd Wright Archive 4 1.2%
Architecture 3 0.9%
Installation 3 0.9%
Painting 3 0.9%
Illustrated Book 1 0.3%

Department Distribution

  • European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (MET) — 3517
  • The American Wing (MET) — 344
  • Architecture & Design (MOMA) — 280
  • Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (MET) — 76
  • Asian Art (MET) — 73
  • Robert Lehman Collection (MET) — 73
  • Painting & Sculpture (MOMA) — 22
  • Drawings & Prints (MOMA) — 20
  • Modern and Contemporary Art (MET) — 12
  • Musical Instruments (MET) — 2

Production by Decade

9
0s
11
1900s
1
1910s
39
1920s
28
1930s
84
1940s
22
1950s
24
1960s
29
1970s
23
1980s
16
1990s
19
2000s
13
2010s
4
2020s

Physical Scale Distribution

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)24782.3%
Medium (30–100 cm)3612%
Large (1–3 m)144.7%
Monumental (> 3 m)31%

Artist Birth Cohorts

9
1850–1874
19
1875–1899
18
1900–1924
23
1925–1949
24
1950–1974
7
1975–1999

Gender of Artists Working in Ceramics

  • Male — 73
  • Female — 24

Met Cultural Context

CultureCountryMet Records
German, Meissen746
French, Sèvres530
British, Chelsea302
AmericanUnited States300
British, Worcester235
Austrian, Vienna172
Italian, Florence81
German, Nymphenburg79
German, Höchst76
Italian, Naples75

On View Now

2 Ceramics works currently installed in Met galleries

Notable Highlights

Vessel with mythological scene

Metropolitan Painter · 7th–8th century

Maya · Guatemala or Mexico

Whistling vessel

Maya artist · 400–500 CE

Maya · Guatemala or Mexico

Drum

Nasca artist(s) · 100–400 CE

Nasca · Peru

Bottle with caiman

Cupisnique artist(s) · 1000–800 BCE

Cupisnique · Peru

Seated elder

Tolita-Tumaco artist · 200 BCE–400 CE

Colombia or Ecuador

Bottle in the shape of a feline

Wari artist · 600–900 CE

Wari · Peru

Incense burner with feline head

Tiwanaku artist(s) · 500–1000 CE

Tiwanaku · Bolivia

Ewer (Brocca)

Medici Porcelain Manufactory · ca. 1575–87

Italian, Florence