Bernard Leach

Bernard Leach

Bernard Howell Leach, CBE, CH (5 January 1887 – 6 May 1979), was a British studio potter and art teacher. He is regarded as the "Father of British studio pottery"

Read more about Bernard Leach:  Biography, Honours, Edmund De Waal Book

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