#maxlaeuger

Vase, Max Laeuger, 1899, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture

Orange body with brown bands encircling the body Size: 8 1/2 x 6 1/2in. (21.6 x 16.5cm) Medium: Earthenware

Vase, Max Laeuger, 1899, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture

Orange body with brown bands encircling the body Size: 8 1/2 x 6 1/2in. (21.6 x 16.5cm) Medium: Earthenware

Vase, Max Laeuger, c. 1900, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture

Size: 16 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (40.64 x 13.97 x 13.97 cm) Medium: Glazed earthenware with slip decoration

Vase, Max Laeuger, c. 1897, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture

Max Laeuger was a painter, designer, architect, and graphic artist. His ceramic pieces, which are characterized by organic surface ornament and bright color, were manufactured by the Tonwerke Kandern Pottery between 1895 and 1913. Size: 15 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (39.37 x 13.97 cm) Medium: Glazed earthenware with slip decoration

Charger, Max Laeuger, c. 1900-1905, Minneapolis Institute of Art: Decorative Arts, Textiles and Sculpture

This charger, richly decorated with slip (liquid clay) and depicting a fiery-leaved tree, was intended to be hung on a wall to beautify a home rather than be used at the dinner table. The asymmetry, bold autumnal color palette, and thick “brushstrokes” exemplify Laeuger’s unique approach to depicting nature—he used the ceramic surface as his painter’s canvas. His swaying tree is echoed in the curving arcs along the plate’s outer edge. Size: 1 x 15 1/4 in. (2.54 x 38.74 cm) Medium: Glazed earthenware with slip decoration