Mary Louise McLaughlin

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Mary Louise McLaughlin

Mary Louise McLaughlin (born September 29, 1847 in Cincinnati , Ohio , † January 19, 1939 in Norwood , Ohio) was an American ceramic painter and studio potter. She and her competitor Maria Longworth Storer , who founded the Rookwood Pottery, were among the founders of the American art pottery movement .

Life

Mary Louise McLaughlin was born in Cincinnati on September 28, 1847, the youngest child of a wealthy family. Her father was the owner of a successful dry goods company in town. Her older brother was the architect James W. McLaughlin . She always described her family situation as the youngest child born into an old family . At the time of her birth, her father, William McLaughlin, was 55 years old, her mother Mary McLaughlin was 41 years old, and her brothers George and James were 16 and 12 years old, respectively. It was named after her mother Mary and her aunt Louise . Her nickname became Louise .

She attended the University of Cincinnati School of Design from 1873 to 1877 . At the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876, she exhibited 28 of her pieces. At the World Exhibition in Paris in 1878 , she exhibited works in the Limoges style of under glass painting, which she called Cincinnati Faience and was awarded for it.

She founded the Cincinnati Pottery Club with Clara Chipman Newton and other artists on April 1, 1879. Together with other club members, she made ceramic pieces at the Dallas Pottery Company in Cincinnati. From 1881 to 1883 she was able to work with her club members at the Rookwood Pottery . The works of art created in this phase were often not marked, some were only signed by the artists, but were occasionally branded with the Rookwood Pottery . McLaughlin returned to the pottery in 1898 and founded the Losantiware line . The name was derived from the original settlement name for Cincinnati, Losantiville .

McLaughlin received help and support from her assistant Margaret "Maggie" Hickey. Hickey was an Irish immigrant who joined her sister in the United States and started at McLaughlin around 1885. At the time, Maggie Hickey was around 20 years old. Although she had no formal training, she learned the techniques very quickly and within a short time was able to assist McLaughlin in all aspects of the porcelain process. In the winter of 1898/1899 Hickey was responsible for the entire casting of the goods, and in the fall of 1901 she also directed the distillation.

After the kiln had to be shut down for safety reasons in 1904, she ended her career as an art potter. In total, she made 1,139 Losanti-style pieces, less than a third of which are considered salable and only 50 pieces have ever been sold. She exhibited her Losanti pieces at the Pan American Exhibition in Buffalo and won a bronze medal. Most of her pieces are in the collections of museums, only a few pieces are in private hands. Therefore, their work is very rare and highly valued by collectors.

In 1894, shortly after the death of her brother George, McLaughlin moved to 6 Oak Street near Gilbert Avenue. In 1897 she rented a house at 2558 Eden Avenue in Mount Auburn, not far from her brother James' home. At her apartment on Eden Avenue, she decided to make porcelain. In 1912, McLaughlin moved from 2558 Eden Avenue in the suburb of Mount Auburn to its permanent address at 4011 Sherwood Avenue in Madisonville, another suburb of Cincinnati. She designed the house that was built by her architect brother James. The plan to accommodate all living needs on the ground floor was ideal for the then 65-year-old artist. On March 4, 1923, Louise's brother James McLaughlin died at the age of 88 in a New York City retirement home. Margaret Hickey died in 1932.

McLaughlin died on January 16, 1939 at the age of 91. She was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery.

Works

Soup plate, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
After her competitor Maria Longworth Nichols Storer had recently created two under-glass vases that were 63 and 76 cm high, McLaughlin wanted to create America's largest under-glass vase. Since Longworth wanted to exhibit these vases at the Cincinnati Seventh Industrial Exposition in 1879, McLaughlin wanted her vase to be represented there too. After the first attempts, however, it quickly became clear that it was not possible to create such a large vase before the exhibition opened. However, she stayed at the work and completed her vase in February 1880. Her vase reached a height of 94 cm. It was decorated in sage green in the Japanese style, on which Chinese hibiscus flowers were painted in dark red and yellow with green stems and leaves.
  • Umbrella booth 1880, Cincinnati Art Museum
  • Vases, plates and other objects in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Cherry Blossom and Spider Web Vase and six other ceramic vases and pots, as well as a still life and an engraved plaque at Mutual Art.

Appreciation

American event artist and feminist Judy Chicago immortalized Mary Louise McLaughlin in the list of 999 women in her dinner party in the 1970s . Her name is written in gold on one of the white, handcrafted, triangular tiles that cover the floor; together with 20 other artists, she is assigned to the symbolic table setting of the artist Georgia O'Keeffe .

Books

  • An Epitome of History: from Pre-Historic Times to the End of the Great War (1923)
  • China Painting: A Practical Manual for the Use of Amateurs in the Decoration of Hard Porcelain (1894)
  • Painting in Oil: A Manual of Use for Students (1888)
  • Pottery Decoration under the Glaze (1880)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d elisa_rolle: Mary Louise McLaughlin (September 29, 1847 - January 13, 1939). In: livejournal.com. 2017, accessed December 28, 2019 .
  2. ^ Anita J. Ellis, Mary Louise McLaughlin: The Ceramic Career of M. Louise McLaughlin . Ohio University Press, 2003, ISBN 978-0-8214-1504-7 , pp. 1 ( books.google.de ).
  3. ↑ a b c d The Kings Fortune: Vintage and Antique Art Pottery, Crystal, and Glass. In: thekingsfortune.com. The Kings Fortune: Vintage and Antique Art Pottery, Crystal, and Glass, accessed December 28, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Discovering the Story - Cincinnati's Golden Age - Dueling Divas Vases. In: discoveringthestory.com. Retrieved December 28, 2019 .
  5. ^ Cincinnati Art Museum: In: cincinnatiartmuseum.org. Cincinnati Art Museum, accessed December 28, 2019 .
  6. ↑ citoidWikitext * NO TITLE PROVIDED. In: metmuseum.org. Retrieved December 28, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Mary Louise Mclaughlin - 7 Artworks - MutualArt. In: mutualart.com. Retrieved December 28, 2019 .
  8. ^ Brooklyn Museum: Mary Louise McLaughlin. In: brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved December 28, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME McLaughlin, Mary Louise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ceramic painter and studio potter
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Cincinnati , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1939
Place of death Norwood , Ohio