The presentation of unique ceramics, faience and porcelain with picturesque floral decorations from the rococo to art deco period will make up the first spring exhibition in 2022-2023 at the Museum of the City of Łódź.The exhibition will present a rich collection of utility items (tableware, including plates, cups, saucers, bowls and platters, as well as entire services) and decorative items.
In addition to ceramics, the exhibition will show a variety of sources of inspiration for its creators: paintings, drawings and graphics, as well as fabrics with various floral forms as the main decorative motif.An interesting fact about the exhibition will be the previously unknown thread in the history of ceramics in Łódź, related to the porcelain warehouses and factories operating in Łódź (including the porcelain painting shop of Karol Klingszporn).
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Exhibition opening (photo: B. Szafrańska) |
The exhibits on display will come from such factories as: Manufaktura Porcelany in Vienna, Manufaktura Porcelany in Berlin, Korzec, Baranówka, Wytwórnia M.S. Kuzniecowa, the Royal Porcelain Manufacture in Copenhagen, Włocławek, and from the existing Ćmielów, Rosenthal and will come from both the collections of Polish museums and private collections.Some of the displayed objects, especially made available by collectors, will be made available to the general public for the first time.
Porcelain over the centuries
Although the homeland of porcelain is China, where it was produced since the 7th century, from the first moment it came to Europe (16th century), it started to arouse interest.Her beauty delighted recipients, stimulated their imagination, and aroused desire, and - like every rare and difficult-to-obtain item - it quickly became a collector's item and a sought-after element of interior decoration.
The real flowering of European ceramics began in the 18th century, when after many unsuccessful attempts, Johann Friedrich Böttger finally managed to recreate itHis achievement contributed to the founding of one of the the most famous factories in the world - the Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Meissen - and gave rise to another one: in Vienna, Berlin, Nymphenburg, Ludwigsburg, Sėvres, but also those operating in the Polish borderlands, in Korzec and Baranówka, and later functioning until the beginning of the 20th century.
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The first European products imitated eastern, mainly Chinese, porcelain. Even back then, one of the most popular motifs - painted with ceramic enamels - were floral forms, including flowers, which additionally had a symbolic meaning in oriental art.It is this symbolic, but also compositional role of flowers in the ornamentation of Chinese and Japanese ceramics and the influence of their products on the development of decorative forms of European ceramics that will become the main topics of the exhibition.
You will be able to trace the historical development of forms and types of floral motifs used in the decoration of ceramics, learn about various sources of inspiration with floral motifs and the changing style of decorations that corresponded to the current artistic trends from the 18th to the 20th century.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of curatorial tours and a lecture on floral motifs in 18th-20th century ceramics.
The author of the text is Dr. Łukasz Grzejszczak
For more information, please contactDr. Łukasz Grzejszczak, curator. Phone number: 42 254 90 47, e-mail address: [email protected]
Address: Museum of the City of Łódź, ul. Ogrodowa 15Postal code: 90-001City: ŁódźStart of the event: 2022-2023-04-06 00:00End of event: 2022-2023-06-11 00:00
