biography
pronunciation:
[kohper]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1920–81)
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| biography:
| Studio potter, born in Chemnitz, E Germany. He went to live in England in 1939, joined the Studio of Lucie Rie in 1947, and established his own workshop in 1958. Originally a painter and sculptor, his thrown vases are more sculptural than domestic, and he is remembered as one of the most influential of British studio potters. |
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