Victor Skellern

Victor G. Skellern  (1909–1966) wani mai zane ne na yumbu na Birtaniya kuma mai kera gilashin fenti wanda shine darektan fasaha a Wedgwood daga 1934 zuwa 1965. Ya taimaka wajen sabunta Wedgwood, kuma aikinsa na zane ya kasance wani abu da ya haifar da farfaɗowar kamfanin bayan 1935. An kuma san shi da ɗaukar shahararrun masu zane-zane daga wajen kamfanin. An nuna zane-zanen yumbu na Skellern a Grafton Galleries (1936) da kuma baje kolin Birtaniya Can Make It (1946) a Landan. Wasu daga cikin zane-zanensa yanzu ana nuna su a Gidan Tarihi na V&amp;A, Cibiyar Fasaha ta Yale, Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha da Kimiyya da Wedgwood . An ba shi kyautar ƙirarsa "Strawberry Hill", tare da Millicent Taplin, kyautar Tsarin Shekara na Majalisar Zane-zanen Masana'antu a 1957.

 Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haifi Skellern a shekarar 1909,   a Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent a Staffordshire .  Daga 1923,  ya yi aiki a fannin zane a Wedgwood a Etruria Works, a ƙarƙashin kulawar John Goodwin, yayin da yake karatun zane a Makarantar Fasaha ta Burslem da Hanley, inda Gordon Forsyth da Percy Lloyd suka horar da shi.  An rubuta ƙirarsa ta farko ga kamfanin a shekarar 1929.  Sannan ya yi nazarin gilashin da aka yi wa fenti tare da Edward Bawden a Kwalejin Fasaha ta Royal (1930–34).   Bayani game da gilashin da aka yi masa fenti yana da iyaka; ya zana allon "Potland" a shekarar 1933, sau ɗaya a Gidan Tarihi na Stoke-on-Trent,  kuma ya nuna tagar gilashin da aka yi wa fenti a shekarar 1936. 

A shekarar 1934, ya sake komawa Wedgwood a matsayin darektan fasaha na kamfanin, inda ya maye gurbin Goodwin bayan ya yi ritaya, inda ya zama mutum na farko da ya riƙe muƙamin da ilimin zane. [1] [2] Ya ci gaba da riƙe muƙamin har tsawon aikinsa, da farko a wurin Etruria da kuma daga 1940 a sabuwar masana'antar Barlaston . [1] An yaba masa da taimakawa wajen sabunta Wedgwood. [3] Wannan ya haɗa da haɗin gwiwa da daraktan samarwa na Wedgwood Norman Wilson don ƙirƙirar sabbin glazes, [1] da kuma haɓaka kyawawan tsare-tsare masu inganci na canja wurin zane [4] da kuma fafutukar amfani da su sosai. [5] An ambaci aikin ƙirarsa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin dalilan da suka sa kamfanin ya farfado bayan 1935. [6] Ya kuma haɓaka amfani da Wedgwood na sanannun masu zane daga wajen kamfanin, ciki har da Keith Murray, [lower-alpha 1] Bawden, Eric Ravilious, Rex Whistler da Laurence Whistler . [2] [4]

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Matattun 1966
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1909