David Leach
1911-2005
Son of Bernard Leach. After working at the Leach Pottery, St Ives he established his Lowerdown Pottery. He produced earthenware, stoneware and porcelain wares. Awarded OBE.
Public Collections:
Aberdeen Art Gallery
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
The Allen Gallery, Alton
Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury
Crafts Study Centre, The Surrey Institute of Art and Design, Farnham
University College of Art and Design, Farnham
The Ulster Museum, Belfast
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry
Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter
Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
Museum and Art Gallery, Hove
Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
Lotherton Hall, Leeds
Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester
National Museum and Art Galleries, Liverpool
Crafts Council Collection, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
Holden Gallery, Manchester
Cleveland Craft Centre, Middlesbrough
Museum and Art Gallery, Newport
Castle Museum, Norwich
Ballantyne Collection, Castle Museum, Nottingham
Museum and Art Galleries, Paisley
City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth
City Museum and Art Gallery, Portsmouth
Wingfield Digby Collection, Tate, St Ives
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon
Dartington Hall Trust, High Cross House, Totnes
Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
City Art Gallery, York
Danske Kunstindustrimuseum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nihon mingeikan, Folkcraft Museum, Japan
Setagaya Museum, Tokyo
Seibu Store, Tokyo
Hitomi Art Museum, Japan
Publications:
David Leach: The Importance of Form and Colour by Barbara Hepworth, Downings Gallery, St Ives, 1949
Artist Potters in England by Muriel Rose, Faber and Faber, 1955
Potters on Pottery by Elizabeth Cameron and Philippa Lewis, Evans Brothers Limited, 1976
British Studio Ceramics by Paul Rice and Christopher Gowing, Barry & Jenkins, 1989
British Studio Pottery The Victoria and Albert Museum Collection by Oliver Watson, Phaidon Christies, 1990
Pioneer Studio Pottery: The Milner White Collection by Sarah Ridick, Lund Humphries, 1990
The Potters Art: A Complete History of Pottery in Britain by Garth Clarke, Phaidon Press, 1995
The Leach Legacy: The St Ives Pottery and its Influence by Marion Whybrow, Sansom & Company, 1996
Ceramic Form Design & Decoration by Peter Lane, A&C Black, 1998
The Crafts in Britain in the 20th Century by Tanya Harrod, Yale University Press, 1999
Ten Thousand Years of Pottery by Emmanuel Cooper, British Museum Press, 2000
Porcelain by Jack Doherty, A&C Black, 2002
British Studio Ceramics by Paul Rice, The Crowood Press, 2002
David Leach by Emmanuel Cooper and Kathy Niblett, Richard Dennis, 2003
Porcelain and Bone China by Sasha Wardell, Crowood Press, 2004
The Teapot Book by Steve Woodhead, A&C Black, 2005
Studio Pottery in Britain 1900-2005 by Jeffrey Jones, A&C Black, 2007
A Guide to Collecting Studio Pottery by Alistair Hawtin, A&C Black, 2008
Leach Pottery St Ives, The Legacy of Bernard Leach by Marion Whybrow, Beach Books, 2006
