School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

James Tower

Born: 1919, UK, England, Kent   Died: 1988

Ceramicist, sculptor and painter. Tower studied painting and illustration at the Royal Academy of Arts, 1938-40, and after his war service at the Slade School of Art, 1946-50. At the Slade he became interested in ceramics, hence, he visited classes under William Newland (1919-1998) at the London Institute in 1948. In 1949, he set up a ceramics course at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham. Tower became head of Fine Art at Brighton College of Art in 1966, a position he kept until 1986. In 1966, he had his first exhibition at Gimpel Fils, London. In 1963, he was awarded the Leverhulme Research Award for terracotta research. He was especially interested in the English tradition of tin- glazed and slipware decoration and created organic forms that evoke a sense of nature.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

[Butterfly form] C1745 Ceramics

Spear Dish C1681 Ceramics




 
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