Wendelin Stahl was born in 1922 in Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany. He was born into a family of skilled ceramicists and worked in his father's studio. After World War II (and after art school where he studied ceramics), he and his wife, ceramicist Else Harney, founded their own studio. Their workshop was in "Burg Coraidelstein," the medieval castle in Klotten. Stahl experimented with elegant, Modernist forms—glazed with complex, beautiful glazes. Stahl allowed other artists to display their works alongside his pottery. Many consider him the finest of German Modernist ceramicists.
Shown here, a high-shouldered, cylindrical vase with organic, dripping glazes. A metallic, gunmetal-mushroom glaze runs down over a vibrant, sapphire blue crystalline glaze. The piece is classic and Modernist at the same time. And the glazing is sublime. Click on the photo above to learn more about it.
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