BARD COLLEGE: HISTORICISM IN ZSOLNAY CERAMICS
EXCERPT: Vilmos Zsolnay adhered to this ideal of technical and artistic perfection. As his daughter Terez noted in her memoirs, Vilmos had wanted to be a painter in his youth. Beginning in 1865 he worked to improve his ornamental ceramics by testing a number of raw materials in and around Pecs, by introducing kaolin from Bohemia, and by refining these materials and even selling them. Through his business connections in England, France, Germany, and Austria, he was familiar with the trends of the period and able to introduce and market fashionable items that appeared as novelties to his small -town customers.
Zsolnay's first major success came at the 1873 Vienna World Exhibition. Some of his ornamental dishes were decorated by transfer prints, others by Schmelzfarben (high-fired colors), designed and executed by a painter named Claven. ....
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