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Organized in 1893 by fifteen of Chicago's premier female china painters, the Atlan Ceramic Art Club acquired a national reputation and maintained its high standards for thirty years. The abstract style of overglaze decoration developed by Atlan Club members and applied with superb technical skill brought regional, national, and international recognition as they pioneered the study of appropriate designs for china and pioneered a new abstract style of conventionalized overglaze porcelain decoration in America. Their skillful application of historic ornament to modern porcelain shapes-radical and ""modern"" at the time-encouraged experimentation, while their insistence upon technical excellence demonstrated the value and rewards inherent in perfecting one's proficiency in painting and design. Although the club's utopian dream that conventional ornament would be adopted as a national style was never realized, its members succeeded in establishing its appropriateness on ceramic forms as a new art medium for the American Arts and Crafts movement. Featuring biographies of 150 china painters as well as photographs of their impeccable work, Women, Enterprise, Craft: Chicago's Atlan Ceramic Art Club, 1893-1923 is the culmination of over fifty years of research. Sharon S. Darling deftly documents the history of the Atlan Ceramic Art Club, its influence on decorative ceramics in the United States during the first quarter of the twentieth century, and the stories behind its allfemale members.

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Author:   Sharon S. Darling (American Art Pottery Association Pickard Collectors Club Garfield Farm Museum (board member))
Publisher:   RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press
Imprint:   RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press
ISBN:  

9781956313079

ISBN 10:   1956313079
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   17 September 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Chapter One. A Few of the ""Better Artists"" 5 Chapter Two. ""Ceramics Their Fad"" 10 Chapter Three. The Second Exhibition 15 Chapter Four. The Art Institute of Chicago 18 Chapter Five. Only the Current Year21 Chapter Six. Adopting a New Style 25 Chapter Seven. Preparing for Paris 33 Chapter Eight. International Recognition 39 Chapter Nine. A Busy Exhibition Schedule 44 Chapter Ten. The First Decade 50 Chapter Eleven. Pottery and Art Crafts 53 Chapter Twelve. Renaissance58 Chapter Thirteen. ""This Brand of Ecstasy"" 66 Chapter Fourteen. Director for Life 69 Chapter Fifteen. Unfazed by World War 80 Chapter Sixteen. Nurturing New Members 92 Chapter Seventeen. The Beginning of the End 98 Chapter Eighteen. A Grand Finale 104 Appendix 1. Members of the Atlan Ceramic Art Club, 1893-1922 113 Appendix 2. 1918 Atlan Catalog 132 Notes 143 Select Bibliography 160 Acknowledgments 162 Illustration Credits 163 Index 164 Colophon 168

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Sharon S. Darling is the author of numerous essays and publications on Chicago creativity, including Chicago Metalsmiths, Chicago Ceramics & Glass, Chicago Furniture, and Teco: Art Pottery of the Prairie School. A former museum curator and director, she gardens in St. Charles, Illinois.

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