Pippin drysdale biography of christopher
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Pippin drysdale biography of christopher
Pippin Drysdale
Australian ceramic artist
Pippin Drysdale (born 18 May 1943) is an Australian ceramic artist and art teacher. She is regarded as the foremost interpreter of the Australian landscape in the field of ceramics.
Her works are known for their intensity of colour and linear markings that interpret the artist's relationship with the Australian landscape.[1] She was recognized as one of Western Australia’s State Living Treasures in 2015.[2][3] She is Australia's highest earning ceramicist.[4]
Biography
Drysdale was born in Melbourne in 1943 into a wealthy family, and grew up in Perth from the age of three.[3] Her father, John Hastings "Bunny" Carew-Reid, was a successful businessman and real estate developer.
As a teenager she had art lessons from William Boissevain. At school, she excelled at art, but struggled with other subjects due to an undiagnosed vision problem that, although eventually discovered and correct