Elizabeth Fritsch CBE graduated from the Royal College of Art, London in 1971 and quickly established herself as a pioneering artist with a highly original style. Emerging as a progressive ceramicist, Fritsch realised critical acclaim for her 'New Ceramics', moving away from the more utilitarian style of making that had preceded her.

Fritsch initiated a significant shift in British ceramic art and helped redefine a new artistic narrative in the field through innovative sculptural form, colour juxtaposition, and experimentation. She is renowned for her compressed vessels with angular silhouettes and dramatic painted surfaces. Her dynamic arrangements of cubes, stripes, steps and diamonds visually echoing the rhythm and virtuosity of a jazz musician. The vessels are often displayed as groups, in dialogue, back to front, side by side, and best appreciated in the round.

Her work is widely collected and can be found in many international public collections of note, including the National Museum Cardiff, Wales; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan.

Images courtesy of Adrian Sassoon, London. © Photography by Sylvain Deleu