Bowl
Medium
Porcelain with enamel
Dimensions
9.9 × 21.6 cm (3 7/8 × 8 1/2 in.)
Classification
decorative arts
Department
Arts of the Americas
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
239660
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This rare surviving ceramic work by Edward Middleton Manigault represents the experimentation with different media by many American artists in the early 20th century. Although Manigault is best known for painting imaginative and boldly colored canvases, traumatic experiences as a volunteer ambulance driver in World War I led to a dramatic change in his artistic output. In 1916 the artist set aside oil painting in favor of porcelain painting, a craft practice that was just beginning to take hold ...