Peter Rushforth b. 4 December 1920

  • Artist (Ceramist)
Peter Rushforth's pots are a synthesis of European and Japanese aesthetic influences. He came to an appreciation of the Japanese Mingei (folk) aesthetic in unusual circumstances as a prisoner of war in Singapore during the 1939-45 War. Later he became one of the nation's most influential ceramics teachers.
Tags: Woodfired stoneware, Influence of Japan, Zen, Prisoner of War, Mingei
exhibited at
Peter Rushforth Retrospective, 2013, S.H. Irvin Gallery, 2013
Description

“All fired up.” (title of exhibition)Peter Rushforth Retrospective, S.H. Irvin Gallery, 2013.

Note
"All fired up." (title of exhibition)
exhibited at
Clay Dynasty
Date
11 October 2021 - 29 January 2022
Place
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description

An exhibition of three generations of studio ceramics in Australia, from the 1960s when potters were influenced by Bernard Leach’s understanding of Japanese aesthetics, to a more liberated creative approach.
It was drawn in its entirety from the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.

Tags
ceramcis, studio potters
Website
https://www.maas.museum/event/clay-dynasty/
exhibited at
Turn Turn Turn
Date
5 June 2015 - 8 August 2015
Place
National Art School, Sydney, NSW
Description

Group show celebrating 60 years of the studio ceramics tradition at the National Art School, Darlinghurst, NSW.

exhibited at
The art of the potter
Date
12 July 1989 - 12 August 1989
Place
David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Col Levy, Ian McKay, Gwyn Hanssen Pigott (19 works) and Peter Rushforth. 1989
David Jones’ Art Gallery Sydney

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Peter Rushforth - Retrospective 1985
Date
1985
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Retrospective. 1985. Organised by NGV, Crafts Board of the Australia Council.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
NGV annual report; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Hood, Kenneth, Peter Rushforth : retrospective exhibition. Melbourne : National Gallery of Victoria, 1985.
ISBN 0724101136

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Ceramics
exhibited at
The Mirror Waratah Festival Art Competition '66
Date
2 October 1966 - 8 October 1966
Place
Hyde Park, Sydney, NSW
Description

First public appearance of Vag Dens, by Vivienne Binns (Invitation Section, catalogue number 3).

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Feminist
exhibited at
Craft Centre, South Yarra
Date
1964
Place
Craft Centre, South Yarra, VIC
Description

The Craft Centre, 309 Toorak Rd, South Yarra. Vic est. 1964 by Ian Sprague as “a display centre and exhibition gallery for Australia’s highest standard craft work”.

Sprague travelled all over Australia for stock: pottery, textiles, glassware, woodwork and jewellery. Ian trained in Arts and Crafts in London, pottery studio in Victoria.

Tags
Craft Centre, Australian Ceramics, Ian Sprague, Mungeribar, Arts Victoria '78 Crafts Festival, Fitzroy Gardens, People's Pathway 1979
Website
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Sprague
Note
1972, 1977
exhibited at
1956 Olympic Arts Festival
Date
1956
Place
Melbourne, Vic
Description

Olympic Arts Festival 1956 – Melbourne’s Cultural Olympiad.
Architecture & sculpture – Uni of Melb. Painting & Drawing – NGV, Literature – Melb Public Library. Graphics, Ind Design, Ceramics – Royal Melb Tech College, Aboriginal art – National Museum.

- Neville Bunning, Mollie Douglas, Dyson Studio Pottery, Ivan Englund, Pamela Hallandal, Harold Hughan, Graham Jones, Eileen Keys, John A. Barnard Knight, Henri Le Grand, Allan Lowe, Marguerite Mahood, Martin Boyd, Ivan McMeekin, Klytie Pate, Reg Preston, Peter Rushforth, Edward Shaw, Dorothy Sutherland, Jeffery Wilkinson

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Melbourne Olympics 1956, Industrial DesignCraft, Textile, Aboriginal Art, Sculpture, Olympic Arts Festival 1956, Melbourne’s Cultural Olympiad