Vintage Polia Pillin Decorative Ceramic Tray
About the Item
- Creator:Polia Pillin (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 1.75 in (4.45 cm)Width: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)Depth: 6.75 in (17.15 cm)
- Style:Modern (In the Style Of)
- Materials and Techniques:Clay,Glazed
- Place of Origin:
- Period:
- Date of Manufacture:c1950s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor losses. Only with a magnifying lens was I able to find a couple very tiny flea bites on the edge. This does have the typical glaze crazing which is common for this type of work. Overall very good.
- Seller Location:Oakland, CA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU7361239540872
Polia Pillin
Polia Pillin, née Sunockin, was born on September 1, 1909, in Częstochowa. She came to Chicago from Poland in 1924 to work an industrial job that allowed her to support her family overseas. She began to take art classes at the Jewish People's art institute in the evenings and dreamed of supporting herself as an artist. In 1938, she married William Pillin, who had fled persecution in Ukraine with his family and settled in Chicago and they lived in New Mexico. After the birth of their first child, they returned to Chicago, where she had her first show of paintings at the Chicago Art Institute. She became fascinated with clay and in 1946 she took a six-week course in pottery which was her only formal training. She set up a studio in her kitchen, complete with a wheel and electric kiln and soon her innovative works were in high demand. By the 1960s, the Pillins, now collaborating on throwing pots and developing glazes, were selling pottery faster than they could produce it. Polia Pillin's pieces are instantly recognizable. Her technique involves painting on pieces with colored clays while they were still wet and then double-firing using a transparent glaze which produced a high gloss finish. Her pieces, both paintings and pots, feature whimsical figures of people and animals. Her style was informed both by her Eastern European heritage and by her surroundings in New Mexico. She has won numerous awards from Los Angeles County Art Institute in 1949, Syracuse Museum of Fine Art in 1950 and California State Fair in 1951.
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