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Artus Van Briggle
was the son of Eugene Van Briggle (name changed from the original Van Brueghel)
and a native born American woman from Kentucky named Mary Bryan, born on
March 21, 1869 in Felicity, Ohio. It was evident quite early in his life
that Artus possessed unique artistic capabilities, and he moved to Cincinnati,
Ohio in 1886 to work at the Arnold Fairyland Doll Company where he painted
faces on china dolls imported from France. Soon thereafter, he moved to
the Avon Pottery until it closed in 1887. Artus Van Briggle received the
bulk of his training at the Beaux Arts Academy and the Julian Art School
in Paris and at the Rookwood
Pottery in Cincinnati, Ohio where he moved after the closing of Avon. Van
Briggle quickly captured the attention of Maria Longworth Nichols, the
founder of Rookwood Pottery, who early on spotted the substantive artistic
talents of young Artus. From his studies in France, Van Briggle was exposed
to new matte glazes which inspired his later creations. While there, Artus
met his future wife Anne who was also studying art in Paris at the time,
living with her mother. Artus and Anne were engaged in 1895 and, after
spending about two years in Paris, Artus and Anne returned to the United
States, and Artus went back to Cincinnati and Rookwood Pottery to resume
his career there as a decorator in 1896. Following subsequent experimentation
with glaze techniques, he had by 1898 perfected the matte glazes for which
Van Briggle decorated pottery is recognized.
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Being in poor health
however, Artus left Rookwood in 1899 and moved to Colorado,
Springs, Colorado where he took up residence and where Anne
joined him in 1900, becoming engaged on July 28, 1901. He had
acquired a small building at 617 North Nevada Ave. in 1900,
from which he continued his experimentation and where he founded
the Van Briggle Pottery Co. in 1901. Given its founding at the
turn of the century, many early Van Briggle designs were created
in the Art
Nouveau style but with the distinctive matte glazes reminiscent
of ancient Chinese ceramics and unique colors for which Van
Briggle is still known today. Artus worked with his wife Anne
in creating fine art pottery molded from the local clays found
in the Colorado Springs area. The pottery flourished during
this period, and many period Van Briggle designs evoked nature
in their theme and form, winning honors at a number of expositions
both within the U.S. and internationally. Artus and Anne were
married on June 12, 1902, after which Anne gave up her part
time job and began working at the pottery full time. Frank Riddle,
a former student of Anne's and a genius in glaze experimentation,
joined the pottery in 1902 as did Ambrose Schlegel, a master
potter who joined the company in 1903. Artus Van Briggle died
on July 4,1904, severely limiting the production of "period"
Van Briggle pottery, i.e. produced during the lifetime of Artus
Van Briggle. Nevertheless, the pottery continued in operation
under Anne and is still in operation today and still makes some
of the original designs.
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