Allan LOWE<br/>
<em>Lidded jar</em> (1949-1950) <!-- (full view) --><br />

earthenware<br />
(a-b) 32.0 x 29.2 cm diameter (overall)<br />
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne<br />
Purchased with the assistance of the Crafts Board of the Australia Council, 1979<br />
D128.a-b-1979<br />
© Marian Lowe
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Allan Lowe Pottery 1929–1979

Free entry

NGV International

Ground Level

12 Sep 79 – 21 Oct 79

Allan Lowe was a pioneering potter in the Australian scene, working mostly from his home studio at a time when materials and training in the medium were scarce. The first example of studio pottery in the NGV Collection – a small terracotta bowl with a turquoise-glazed interior – was by Lowe and was purchased in 1947.

This exhibition was a retrospective survey of fifty years of Lowe’s oeuvre and included more than sixty pieces, mostly from private collections.

Key Works