John William Wadsworth

John William Wadsworth (1879–1955)[1] was a British ceramicist.

After studying at the Royal College of Art, he began his career at the Mintons company in Stoke-on-Trent, where he collaborated closely with Léon-Victor Solon on Art Nouveau designs. These products were marketed as "secessionist ware" in a reference to the Vienna Secession art movement.[2]

He emigrated to the United States in 1901.[2]

He moved to the Royal Worcester Porcelain Company as Art Director in 1915.

He was the father of the potter Philip Wadsworth, born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1910.[3]

## References

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1. ^ John William Wadsworth
2. ^ a b Grant Muter. Muter, Grant (1985). "Léon Solon and John Wadsworth: Joint Designers of Minton's Secessionist Ware". The Journal of the Decorative Arts Society (9): 41–49. JSTOR 41809144. "ASPECTS OF BRITISH DESIGN 1870 - 1930"
3. ^ Philip Smeale Wadsworth

## Further reading

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* Phillips. London, 8 April 1992,"The Ceramic Art and Paintings of John and Philip Wadsworth".
* J. Jones, Minton. The First Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, Shrewsbury, 1993, pp. 242–53.

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