DOI Artikel:
Zschimmer, E.: The superb art of ceramics
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.7098#0073
Kunst und Handwerk
A.D. 1851
Phot. Münich, München
Prof. Max Laeuger, Karlsruhe
• Covered Vase, white and light
yellow; 343/s in high.
▼ Deckelvase, weiß-hellgelb,
Höhe 85cm.
lies just in his power to take
advantage of the moment.
Laeuger is a pyrochemist,
with no direct intention of
being such. He divines
things that others-the "ex- phot_ ^ München
perts" of ceramics—believe Prof. Max Laeuger, Karlsruhe • Plate, with white relief-work, on old gold surface; diameter 12s/8 in.
impossible. He lays his T Teller mit Relief, weiß auf Altgoldgrund, Durchmesser 32cm.
hands upon these impos- * Small Vases, white and Cream colour, 2% to 6 in. high.
...... T Kleine Vasen, weiß-gelblich, Höhe 6—15 cm.
sible things and attempts
them nevertheless, perhaps even seeming to destroy his suppressed this originalily by subjecting it to a superficial
colours and glazes with fire and smoke, or with an incorrect mechanical Standard. Having thought only for his work, almost
chemical set-up—but always discovering something new! fanatical, Laeuger clings to the primitive because he is con-
Laeuger is away beyond the confines of pure technic: he is vinced that it cannot be separated from the essence of ce-
a\hemical artist. One must not value his works according ramics, which is the art of Earth itself, and that when separated
to the exact number of irregularities in the glaze of his com- from this primitiveness, works intended to be artistic inevitably
pleted pieces. One must feel with him that ceramic beauty take on the characteristic of cheapness. He is convinced that
lies in living clay and glass, and not in dead smoothness, the whole thought behind ceramic art consists in the attempt
homogeneity, and exactness—what a mocking word! to express the eternal relation between primitive earth and
Laeuger has re-discovered the beauty in that which is other- the transcendental. His best and most lovely creations seem
wise condemned as "technically poor", but which is after all to say: "We are only products of earth, metal oxides,
the most original of the products born of fire. Others have glass—and yet we live as symbols and parables of Life."
A.D. 1851
Phot. Münich, München
Prof. Max Laeuger, Karlsruhe
• Covered Vase, white and light
yellow; 343/s in high.
▼ Deckelvase, weiß-hellgelb,
Höhe 85cm.
lies just in his power to take
advantage of the moment.
Laeuger is a pyrochemist,
with no direct intention of
being such. He divines
things that others-the "ex- phot_ ^ München
perts" of ceramics—believe Prof. Max Laeuger, Karlsruhe • Plate, with white relief-work, on old gold surface; diameter 12s/8 in.
impossible. He lays his T Teller mit Relief, weiß auf Altgoldgrund, Durchmesser 32cm.
hands upon these impos- * Small Vases, white and Cream colour, 2% to 6 in. high.
...... T Kleine Vasen, weiß-gelblich, Höhe 6—15 cm.
sible things and attempts
them nevertheless, perhaps even seeming to destroy his suppressed this originalily by subjecting it to a superficial
colours and glazes with fire and smoke, or with an incorrect mechanical Standard. Having thought only for his work, almost
chemical set-up—but always discovering something new! fanatical, Laeuger clings to the primitive because he is con-
Laeuger is away beyond the confines of pure technic: he is vinced that it cannot be separated from the essence of ce-
a\hemical artist. One must not value his works according ramics, which is the art of Earth itself, and that when separated
to the exact number of irregularities in the glaze of his com- from this primitiveness, works intended to be artistic inevitably
pleted pieces. One must feel with him that ceramic beauty take on the characteristic of cheapness. He is convinced that
lies in living clay and glass, and not in dead smoothness, the whole thought behind ceramic art consists in the attempt
homogeneity, and exactness—what a mocking word! to express the eternal relation between primitive earth and
Laeuger has re-discovered the beauty in that which is other- the transcendental. His best and most lovely creations seem
wise condemned as "technically poor", but which is after all to say: "We are only products of earth, metal oxides,
the most original of the products born of fire. Others have glass—and yet we live as symbols and parables of Life."