CERAMICS - Artist: Richard Uhlemeyer
RICHARD UHLEMEYER (1900-1954) was born in Göttingen, Germany, and attended the arts and crafts school in Hanover in the 1920s. After completing his studies, he initially worked as a freelancer before founding a wholesale handicrafts business in 1930. Still, it was the pottery workshop he founded four years later for which he is best known. The 'Kunsthandwerk Richard Uhlemeyer' ultimately gained national fame under his leadership.