Lawson Ernest Rudge, large raku pottery sculpture of a carthorse

Size:  47.5 cm long, 32 cm tall

Condition: Very good condition.  There is no damage or restoration.

Lawson Ernest Rudge (1936-2026) was a talented and idiosyncratic artist and this large figure of a horse is an excellent example of his work.  

Having trained at the Royal College of Art in the swinging sixties (at the same time as David Hockney), Lawson moved to Devon, where he moved into ceramics, making some very unusual and striking pieces in cast slipware.  His development of animal raku figures was also an innovation at the time.  He is probably best known for his flat cow figures, but the underlying theme of his work and the humour and character found in the animal subjects, all observed from the area around Lawson's home. Three of Lawson's children followed him into making raku animals, and their work is sometimes confused with his, but their styles are all different.  Lawson was not a great publicist and made his living quietly selling through galleries, but he was also a highly respected and loved teacher of ceramics.

Lawson seldom signed his work and this piece is not signed.

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