Chava Samuel Vintage Studio Pottery Ceramic Jug, Marked Rishon Lezion, H 4 1/4"

Chava Samuel Vintage Studio Pottery Ceramic Jug, Marked Rishon Lezion, H 4 1/4"
Genuine Marked Vintage Chava Samuel Studio Pottery Ceramic Jug

Marked "Rishon Lezion" and Chava Samuel's Mark to Base

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Height approx. 10.7 cm or 4 1/4"

Diameter at Base approx. 8.5 cm or 3 1/3"

Weight approx. 290 g

Has a small imperfection / chip on edge of underside, visible also from the side

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The Artist:

Chava Samuel (1904-1989)

was a painter and ceramic sculptor.

Born 1904, Essen, Germany she immigrated to Israel in 1932, and founded "Hayozer" [The Creator], the first ceramics workshop in the Jewish community, in Jerusalem.

She was one of the pioneers of Israeli ceramics, and in 1934 she founded with Paula Aharonson the ceramic workshop, "Kad VeSefel", in Rishon Lezion .

She was a founder of the Ceramics Artists Organization.

A number of her works were installed in public buildings. These include Zodiac Relief at the Kesem Cinema in Tel Aviv, where the first sessions of the Israeli Knesset were held, and ceramic walls in a number of locations.

Education

1921-23 Art School, Essen, Germany;

1930-31 School of Applied Arts, Stuttgart, Germany, ceramic chemistry

Worked at Studio "Ha-Yotzer" in Jerusalem

Awards And Prizes

1946 Applied Arts and Industrial Design, The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem

1949 Prize, Ceramic Competition, The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem

1952 WIZO Prize for the Creative Woman

Died 1989.