Peter Rushforth b. 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
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Name
Peter Rushforth
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Ceramist)
Other Occupation
  • Soldier (ANZSIC code: 760) c.1940 - 1945 8th Division, AIF
  • Teacher Ceramics (ANZSIC code: 810) 1950 - East Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW
Tags:
Woodfired stoneware
Influence of Japan
Zen
Prisoner of War
Mingei
Birth date
1920
Birth place
Manly, NSW
Death date
22 July 2015
Active Period
  • c.1946 -
Residence
  • 1920 - c.1940 Manly, NSW
  • c.1942 - c.1945 Changi POW Camp, Singapore, Malaya (Also on the Burma Thailand railway)
  • c.1946 - c.1950 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1951 - c.1978 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1978 - 2015 Shipley, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
Training
  • Pottery, c.1946 - c.1949 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Vic.
  • Pottery workshops, 1963 Japan
Initial Record Data Source
  • Powerhouse Museum

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Residences
  • 1920 - c.1940 Manly, NSW
  • c.1942 - c.1945 Changi POW Camp, Singapore, Malaya (Also on the Burma Thailand railway)
  • c.1946 - c.1950 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1951 - c.1978 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1978 - 2015 Shipley, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
  • 1920 - c.1940 Manly, NSW
  • c.1942 - c.1945 Changi POW Camp, Singapore, Malaya (Also on the Burma Thailand railway)
  • c.1946 - c.1950 Melbourne, Vic.
  • 1950 - c.1980 Sydney, NSW
  • c.1981 - Shipley, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia
Related people
  • Lowe, Allan (associate of)
  • Knight, John (associate of)
  • Wilkinson, Jeffery (associate of)
  • Hughan, Harold Randolph (associate of)
  • Hughan, Robert (associate of)
  • Leach, Bernard (associate of)
  • Rushforth, Bobby (spouse of)
  • Douglas, Mollie (associate of)
  • Englund, Ivan (associate of)
  • Garnsey, Wanda (associate of)
  • Shimaoka, Delete record - Not Australian (associate of)
  • Levy, Col (associate of)
  • Sahm, Bernard (associate of)
  • Smith, Derek (associate of)
  • Travis, Peter (associate of)
  • Grigg, Gillian (associate of)
  • Shigeo, Shiga (associate of)
  • Tuckson, Margaret (associate of)
  • Taylor, Sandra (associate of)
  • Mansfield, Janet (associate of)
  • Kawai, Takeichi (associate of)
  • Leach, Bernard (associate of)
  • Currie, Ian (associate of)
  • McMeekin, Ivan (associate of)
  • Thanakupi, (associate of)
  • Grounds, Joan (associate of)
  • Lowe, Allan (associate of)
  • Knight, John (associate of)
  • Wilkinson, Jeffery (associate of)
  • Hughan, Harold Randolph (associate of)
  • Hughan, Robert (associate of)
  • Leach, Bernard (associate of)
  • Rushforth, Bobby (spouse of)
  • Douglas, Mollie (associate of)
  • Englund, Ivan (associate of)
  • Garnsey, Wanda (associate of)
  • Shimaoka, Delete record - Not Australian (associate of)
  • Levy, Col (associate of)
  • Sahm, Bernard (associate of)
  • Smith, Derek (associate of)
  • Travis, Peter (associate of)
  • Grigg, Gillian (associate of)
  • Shigeo, Shiga (associate of)
  • Tuckson, Margaret (associate of)
  • Mansfield, Janet (associate of)
  • Kawai, Takeichi (associate of)
  • Leach, Bernard (associate of)
  • Currie, Ian (associate of)
  • McMeekin, Ivan (associate of)
  • Thanakupi, (associate of)
  • Grounds, Joan (associate of)
Related events
  • Peter Rushforth - Retrospective 1985 (exhibited at)
  • The Mirror Waratah Festival Art Competition '66 (exhibited at)
  • Turn Turn Turn (exhibited at)
  • Peter Rushforth Retrospective, 2013, S.H. Irvin Gallery, 2013 (exhibited at)
  • 1956 Olympic Arts Festival (exhibited at)
  • Peter Rushforth - Retrospective 1985 (exhibited at)
  • The Mirror Waratah Festival Art Competition '66 (exhibited at)
  • Turn Turn Turn (exhibited at)
  • Peter Rushforth Retrospective, 2013, S.H. Irvin Gallery, 2013 (exhibited at)
  • Royal Easter Show: art prize exhibitions (exhibited at)
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