Edmund de Waal

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Full Name	Edmund de Waal
Date Of Birth	Sep 10, 1964(1964-09-10)
Age	60
Birthplace	Nottingham
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Virgo

Edmund de Waal Biography

Edmund de Waal is one of the most popular and richest Author who was born on September 10, 1964 in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom.

Edmund Arthur Lowndes de Waal, OBE (born 10 September 1964) is a contemporary English artist, master potter and author. He is known for his large-scale installations of porcelain vessels often created in response to collections and archives or the history of a particular place. In 2011 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for Service to the Arts. De Waal’s book The Hare with Amber Eyes was awarded the Costa Book Award for Biography, Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize in 2011 and Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for Non-Fiction in 2015. De Waal’s second book The White Road, tracing his journey to discover the history of porcelain was released in 2015.

Following graduation, de Waal began to follow the discipline of British studio pottery, to create inexpensive domestic pots with good earth-tone colours. He moved to Herefordshire where he built a kiln and set up a pottery making functional stoneware pots in the Leach tradition, but the enterprise was not financially successful. In 1988, de Waal moved to inner-city Sheffield and began experimenting with working in porcelain.

Edmund de Waal Net Worth

Edmund de Waal is one of the richest Author from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Edmund de Waal 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

De Waal was educated at The King’s School, Canterbury, where he was taught pottery by the potter Geoffrey Whiting (1919-1988), a student of Bernard Leach. At 17, de Waal began a two-year apprenticeship with Whiting, deferring his entry into University of Cambridge. During the apprenticeship de Waal made hundreds of earthenware and stoneware pots, such as casseroles and honey pots. In 1983, de Waal took up his place at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, to read English. He was awarded a scholarship in 1983 and graduated with first class honours in 1986.

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In the years since 2000 de Waal has moved away from making and exhibiting single domestic use vessels to the production of groups of vessels and objects to be viewed in relation to openings and spaces, later moving into predominately wall-mounted and freestanding vitrines filled with varying multitudes of his porcelain vessels, and most recently the addition of different kinds of metals, metallic gilding, porcelain shards and sheets of porcelain with embossed handwriting. In a 2017 interview conducted in preparation for de Waal’s exhibition at Artipelag, Sweden, de Waal explained his artistic process and attraction to porcelain as a material:

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In 2012 he received his first public art commission, for the Alison Richard Building at the Sidgwick Site of the University of Cambridge, where he created A Local History, consisting of three vitrines filled with porcelain to sit beneath the pavement surrounding the building. In 2015 de Waal curated the exhibition White in the Royal Academy of Arts Library and Print Room. The “project … sets objects in dialogue with one another and with the spaces around them” and included works by Ai Weiwei, Kazimir Malevich’s Suprematist Teapot and J. M. W. Turner’s porcelain palette. In September 2016 de Waal collaborated with the artist Ai Weiwei to co-curate an exhibition, Kneaded Knowledge: The Language of Ceramics at the National Gallery in Prague and Kunsthaus Graz exploring the history of clay. The exhibition featured works by both artists and from other prominent artists working in ceramics, including Pablo Picasso, Lucio Fontana, Isamu Noguchi, Lucie Rie and Peter Voulkos.

Top Facts about Edmund de Waal

1. Edmund de Waal is a British artist and author.
2. He was born on September 10, 1964, in Nottingham, England.
3. De Waal is best known for his ceramic artwork and installations.
4. His most famous work is “The Hare with Amber Eyes.”
5. De Waal has exhibited his art internationally in renowned galleries and museums.
6. He studied English at the University of Cambridge before pursuing ceramics.
7. The artist comes from a family of renowned potters in England.
8. De Waal’s work often explores themes of memory, history, and identity.
9. He has won several prestigious awards for his artistic contributions.
10. As an author, he has written multiple books on art and creativity.
11. Note: Please keep in mind that the information provided above may not be exhaustive or up to date as Edmund de Waal’s career continues to evolve over time.

Is Alex de Waal related to Edmund de Waal?

His siblings include barrister John de Waal, ceramic artist and writer Edmund de Waal , and Caucasus expert Thomas de Waal.

Are Edmund and Frans de Waal related?

Edmund de Waal (born 1964), British ceramic artist. Frans de Waal (born 1948) , Dutch ethologist. Hugo de Waal (1935—2007) Bishop of Thetford, cousin of Victor. Pieter de Waal (1899—1977), South African military commander.

Where was Edmund de Waal born?

Nottingham, United Kingdom

How old is Jeanna de Waal?

In person, de Waal, 33 , doesn’t immediately evoke Diana. For one thing, she dyed her dirty-blond hair dark during lockdown, and has kept it that way since.

What is Edmund de Waal known for?

Edmund Arthur Lowndes de Waal, CBE (born 10 September 1964) is a contemporary English artist, master potter and author. He is known for his large-scale installations of porcelain vessels often created in response to collections and archives or the history of a particular place.