MID CENTURY ANN WYNN FOR KENNETH CLARK SINGLE ABSTRACT CERAMIC TILE CHEESE BOARD
MID CENTURY ANN WYNN FOR KENNETH CLARK SINGLE ABSTRACT CERAMIC TILE CHEESE BOARD INSET INTO A MAHOGANY / ROSEWOOD BASE WITH MATCHING KNIFE
SUPERB COLOURFUL FREEFORM DESIGN IN REDS, BLACK, MUSTARD YELLOW AND VERDIGRIS GREEN SET AGAINST A WHITE BACKGROUND
THE CHEESE KNIFE SITS WITHIN A SLOT TO THE SIDE OF THE BOARD AS SHOWN
MEASURING 300MM BY 193MM
OFFERED IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE ORDER WITH LIGHT WEAR ONLY TO THE TIMBER SURFACE
THE TILE ITSELF IS IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE ORDER
CIRCA 1960’S
KENNETH INMAN CARR CLARK MBE (31 JULY 1922 – 10 JUNE 2012) WAS A NEW ZEALAND BORN BRITISH CERAMICIST
KENNETH CLARK WAS BORN IN WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND ON 31ST JULY 1922 AND SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD IN NELSON
HE WAS EDUCATED AT NELSON COLLEGE FROM 1937 TO 1941, WHERE HE WON SEVERAL PRIZES FOR DRAWING
DURING WORLD WAR II, HE INITIALLY ENLISTED IN THE 2ND NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, BUT SUBSEQUENTLY TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL NAVY
HE WAS PRESENT DURING THE NORMANDY LANDINGS, AND WAS MENTIONED IN DISPATCHES
AFTER THE WAR, CLARK REMAINED IN BRITAIN AND TOOK UP AN EX-SERVICEMAN’S SCHOLARSHIP AT LONDON’S SLADE SCHOOL OF ART WHERE HIS TEACHERS INCLUDED STANLEY SPENCER
HE CONTINUED HIS STUDIES AT THE CENTRAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CRAFTS BEING TAUGHT BY STUDIO POTTER DORA BILLINGTON
IN 1953, CLARK AND ANN WYNN REEVES, WHOM HE MARRIED THE FOLLOWING YEAR, FOUNDED KENNETH CLARK CERAMICS IN THE LONDON DISTRICT OF FITZROVIA
THE COUPLE USED THEIR COMPLEMENTARY SKILLS IN THEIR PRACTICE….. ANN DESIGNED MANY OF THE MOTIFS AND DECORATIVE EMBLEMS THAT KENNETH APPLIED TO HIS CERAMICS, USING HIS TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE TO RECREATE GLAZES USED BY WILLIAM DE MORGAN
IN THE 1990 QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS CLARK WAS APPOINTED A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE FOR SERVICES TO ART AND DESIGN
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