Hans Coper
1920 - 1981
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2009-10 | Hans Coper Retrospective: Innovation in 20th Century Ceramics, The Museum of Ceramic Art, Hyogo, The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Shiga, Japan |
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| 1997 | Solo exhibition, Galerie Besson, London, UK |
| 1988 | Solo exhibition, Galerie Besson, London, UK |
| 1983-84 | Hans Coper 1920 – 1981 travelling retrospective at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich; Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany; Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam; Serpentine Gallery, London, UK |
| 1980 | Sixtieth Birthday Exhibition, Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1975 | Robert Welch Gallery, Chipping Camden, Gloucestershire, UK |
| 1965 | Solo exhibition, Berkeley Galleries, London, UK |
| 1958 | Solo exhibition, Primavera, London, UK |
| 1956 | Solo exhibition, Bonnier Gallery, New York, USA |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2020 | Small Works, Great Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
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| 2018 | British Ceramics, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
| 2017 | Twelve Artists, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
| 2016 | International Ceramics, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK Nine Potters - Anniversary Exhibition, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
| 2014 | Classic & Contemporary Ceramics, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
| 2013 | Paintings & Ceramics, Erskine, Hall & Coe, London, UK |
| 2012 | Galerie Besson, Retrospective of a Lifelong Passion, Officine Saffi, Milan, Italy |
| 2009 | Lucie Rie & Hans Coper: Art Alive is Always Modern, MIMA, Middlesbrough, UK Classic & Contemporary Ceramics, Galerie Besson, London, UK Masterpieces in Studio Pottery from The British Council Collection, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales, UK Peter Collingwood & Hans Coper, Galerie Besson, London, UK |
| 2008 | Hans Coper and Lucie Rie, Galerie Besson, London, UK |
| 2006 | Lucie Rie & Hans Coper, Galerie Besson, London, UK |
| 2003 | The Legacy of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan |
| 2002 | Ceramic Modernism - Hans Coper, Lucie Rie & their Legacy, Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto, Canada Hans Coper & Peter Collingwood, Galerie Besson, London, UK |
| 1997 | Lucie Rie & Hans Coper: Potters in Parallel, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK |
| 1994 | Hans Coper & Lucie Rie at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, USA Lucie Rie & Hans Coper, Galerie Besson, London, UK |
| 1993 | Lucie Rie & Hans Coper, Galerie Besson, London, UK |
| 1990-91 | Lucie Rie, Hans Coper: and their Pupils, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich, and Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK |
| 1987 | British Potters, coinciding with issue of Post Office commemorative stamps, Fischer Fine Art, London, UK |
| 1986 | Nine Potters, Fischer Fine Art, London, UK |
| 1984 | Lucie Rie & Hans Coper, Fisher Fine Art, London, UK |
| 1972 | Lucie Rie & Hans Coper Keramik, Museum für Kunste und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany International Ceramics, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK |
| 1970 | Group exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark Group exhibition, Osaka, Japan Group exhibition, Kyoto, Japan Marjorie Parr Gallery, London, UK |
| 1969 | Hans Coper and Peter Collingwood, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK Van Achterbergh Collection exhibition, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1968 | British Potters, Qantas Gallery, London, UK |
| 1967 | Lucie Rie & Hans Coper, travelling exhibition at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Gemeente Museum, Arnhem, The Netherlands |
| 1965 | Potters World, Molton Gallery, London, UK |
| 1964 | International Ceramics Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan |
| 1960 | English Potters, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Participates in Midland Group Exhibition, Nottingham, UK |
| 1959 | Ceramics International, Syracuse, USA British Artist Craftsmen, Smithsonian Institution exhibition, tours across America |
| 1957 | Shared exhibition with Lucie Rie, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA |
| 1956 | Shared exhibition with Lucie Rie, Berkeley Galleries, London, UK |
| 1955 | Shared exhibition with Lucie Rie, Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| 1954 | Exhibits at Milan Triennale, winner of Gold Medal, Italy |
| 1953 | English Potters, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 1951 | Exhibits at the British Pavilion, Festival of Britain, UK Shared exhibition with Lucie Rie, Berkeley Galleries, London, UK |
| 1950 | Shared exhibition with Lucie Rie, Berkeley Galleries, London, UK |
Public Collections
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Aichi, Japan
Blackwell House, Cumbria, UK
City Art Gallery and Museum, Bradford, UK
Crafts Council Collection, London, UK
Gemeente Museum, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Hetjens Museum, Dusseldorf, Germany
Institute of Arts, Detroit, USA
Kruithuis, s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Kunstgewerbe Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales
Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Oslo, Norway
Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan
Röhsska Konstslöjdmuseet, Gothenburg, Sweden
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Surrey Institute of Art & Design, UK
Temple Newsam House, Leeds, UK
The Crafts Study Centre, Farnham, UK
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK