@article{10.18756/jfg.2010.215,
	title = {{Metamorphosen in einem k{\"u}nstlerischen Werdegang . Philippe Lambercy, Keramiker (1919-2006) }},
	shorttitle = {{Metamorphosen in einem k{\"u}nstlerischen Werdegang }},
	author = {Lambercy, Elisabeth},
	journal = {Jahrbuch für Goetheanismus},
	year = {2010},
	volume = {2010},
	pages = {215--252},
	url = {https://dx.doi.org/10.18756/jfg.2010.215},
	doi = {10.18756/jfg.2010.215},
	issn = {Print :1866-4830 Online : 2750-2341 },
	language = {de},
	abstract = {},
	annote = {Metamorphosis in the biography of an artist Philippe Lambercy ceramist 19192006Philippe Lambercy was one of the pioneers of modern ceramics He left behind a wide range of works including pottery ceramic sculptures installations and architectonic works especially reliefs on public und private buildings He also left drawings watercolours and texts only some of which have been published While he was for many years director of the course for professional ceramists at the Geneva School of Arts and Crafts he invented the new profession of freelance ceramist His aim was to free ceramics practised by craftsmen from the onesided focus on pottery and open it to its own poetic language The question which always posed itself to him in new forms was how can what live with the creative artist be formed in such a way that is expresses also the transformation process of the material For ceramic is not a material that can be found in nature as such Ceramic becomes the bearer of the artistic expression in the hands of the creative artist from raw clay to the colourful gleaming material transformed by fire Expressing the becoming stood in the centre of Lambercys quest for form und shape according to their relationships to the innerouter space according to the transformation of these givens through colourIn the course of his researches he had no one to refer to no models He broke new ground and each step breathed the fresh air of new discoveryClose study of the course of his researches leads one to find metamorphoses which are closely linked With human life in a comprehensive sense}
}