Esias bosch biography of donald

1975-79 Works exclusively in porcelain, producing individual pieces. In 1977 he receives the Oude Libertas award for thrown pottery at the National Ceramics Exhibition in Johannesburg.

Esias bosch biography of donald

In 1979 he discontinues working on the wheel.

1980-87 Concentrates entirely on lustre tiles. In 1981 he is awarded a medal of honour for ceramic design by Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns. In 1983 an exhibition of his lustre tiles is held at the Historical Museum in Hanover, West Germany, one of the tiles being acquired by the Keramion Museum, Cologne.

His more important commissions during this period include the murals at the Foskor headquarters in Phalaborwa, the Vineyard Hotel in Cape Town, and Die Akademie building in Pretoria. In 1987 he produces his last lustre tiles. All the above periods in Bosch’s oeuvre are comprehensively covered in the book featured on this site, with beautiful photographs of his work during those years.

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