BK-18789-B
c. 1828 - c. 1905
Medium
clay
Dimensions
19; 12
About this artwork
Gift of E. Lacomblé
Art Historical Context
Eugène Lacomblé’s “BK-18789-B” is a modest yet evocative clay work measuring just 19 centimeters in height and 12 centimeters in diameter. Created sometime during the artist’s long life (c. 1828–1905), the piece reflects the intimate scale often chosen by 19th-century ceramicists who valued portability and personal expression over monumental display. Working in clay allowed Lacomblé to explore the material’s natural plasticity, enabling subtle modeling and surface textures that survive the firing process. Such small-scale ceramics were popular in European studios of the period, bridging the g...
About the Artist
Eugène Lacomblé · 1828–1905
Eugène Lacomblé (1828–1905) was a versatile Belgian artist who worked primarily as a sculptor but also practiced painting, watercolor, drawing, and etching, embodying the nineteenth-century ideal of the multi-talented artist-craftsman. Born in Brussels and dying in Arnhem, Lacomblé's career spanned the second half of the nineteenth century, a period of significant artistic and social change in Eur...