| The Movements |
| The Arts and Crafts Movement |
The Arts and Crafts movement was a British and American aesthetic movement occurring in the last years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century. Inspired by the writings of John Ruskin and a romantic idealization of the craftsman taking pride in his personal handiwork, it was at its height between approximately 1880 and 1910.
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| The Art Nouveau Movement |
Art Nouveau (French for 'new art') is an international style of art, architecture and design that peaked in popularity at the beginning of the 20th century (1880-1914) and is characterised by highly-stylised, flowing, curvilinear designs often incorporating floral and other plant-inspired motifs.
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| The Masters of The Movments |
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| Frank Lloyd Wright |
Frank Lloyd Wright was born in the agricultural town of Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States, on June 8, 1867, just two years after the end of the American Civil War. His father, William Russell Cary Wright was a locally admired orator, music teacher, occasional lawyer and itinerant minster.
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| Talwin Morris |
Talwin Morris was born in Winchester on the 14th of June 1865, his mother died in childbirth and he was subsequently raised by his family. From a young age he was encouraged to study theology. In 1882, he was employed in the architect’s office of Martin Brooks, where he became interested in architectural drawing and architecture.
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| Mary Chase Perry |
Pewabic Pottery was founded in 1903 by Mary Chase Perry (later Mary Chase Perry Stratton) and her partner, Horace Caulkins (developer of the Revelation Kiln), at the height of the Arts & Crafts movement in America. The Pottery's first home was a stable on Alfred Street in Detroit.
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| Rookwood Pottery Company |
Rookwood pottery usually exceeds the quality of other late 19th and early 20th-century ceramics in the United States and Europe, and is highly collectable. The pottery was made in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Mount Adams and is easy to identify due to excellent markings.
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| Gustav Stickley |
Gustav Stickley (March 9, 1858 – April 21, 1942) was a furniture maker and architect as well as the leading spokesperson for the American Craftsman movement, a descendant of the British Arts and Crafts movement.
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Grueby Faience
William H. Grueby |
William H. Grueby (1867-1925) founded the Grueby Faience Company in 1894 in Boston, Massachusetts. Beginning in 1898, focusing primarily on art pottery vases, he introduced his own version of French matte finishes, including the matte green finish that became his signature work.
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| Charles Rennie Mackintosh |
Charles Rennie Mackintosh (June 7, 1868 – December 10, 1928) was a Scottish architect, designer, and watercolourist who was a designer in the Arts and Crafts movement and also the main exponent of Art Nouveau in Scotland.
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| Ernest A. Batchelder |
Ernest A. Batchelder (1875–1957) was an artist and educator who made Southern California his home in the early 20th century. He is famous as a maker of art tiles.
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