Paul Greenhalgh - Ceramic, Art and Civilisation

DEDICATION

For Jack and Alex, as ever,
and for Paul Richardson and Matthew Streetly,
the two doctors who saved my life.

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Cover design: Tom Cabot/Ketchup

Front cover image: Two white vases, Greg Payce, Canadian, 2019, collection of the artist, photograph Pete Huggins.

Frontispiece: Beaverbrook Coach House Spa and Health Club, Surrey, UK, Brian Clarke, British, 2017.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Ive been talking about the idea of this book for decades. I finally started writing it in 2016. It was finished during the Covid 19 crisis. A lot of people gave me wonderful support. First, it couldnt have been possible without the help and friendship of David Richardson, Vice Chancellor of the University of East Anglia, and Dominic Christian, Chair of the Board of trustees of the Sainsbury Centre. My colleagues at the Sainsbury Centre and UEA were key advisors, often without realising it: in particular, Dana Arnold, Natalie Baerselman Le Gros, Charlie Barratt, Lee Heath, Claire Jowitt, Simon Kaner, Paul Kuzemczak, Fiona Lettice, Debbie Longordo, Penelope Lucas, John Mack, Tania Moore, Stephan Muthesius, Lisa Newby, John Onians, Simrath Panaser, David Peters Corbett, Stephanie Renouf, Jo Roberts, Peter Waldron, and Calvin Winner. Special thanks to Ghislaine Wood, who did so much to make the space for me to think. Most of all, Rachel Hoxley Carr kept me on the rails and amazingly, gave birth to twins in the middle of it all.

Rebecca Barden at Bloomsbury commissioned and then stuck with the project through a very long haul. Tom Cabot of Ketchup Productions was my brilliant and long-suffering designer. My many friends and colleagues at the V&A were wonderful.

Picture research is an enormous task, which these days lands squarely on the shoulders of the author. This book would never have been finished without the help of Sally Curtis, friend and brilliant picture researcher, and Simon Curtis, whose advice was absolutely precious. As a bonus, they also taught me gardening and cycling. Pete Huggins, master photographer, shot most of the group images, and many other things. I am enormously grateful to all the artists and collectors who gave wonderful images. A huge thanks to all museums who freely gave images of their works. It is vital for all scholars in the field that they have access in this way to public collections.