1950s Bodo Mans "Brasil" Decor Floor Vase

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A stunning Bay Keramik floor vase from the late 1950s, decorated with the 'Brazil' decor by the renowned designer Bodo … more A stunning Bay Keramik floor vase from the late 1950s, decorated with the 'Brazil' decor by the renowned designer Bodo Mans (1958)

BODO MANS (1935-2001) completed an apprenticeship as a shop window designer and decorative painter from 1949 to 1951, followed by graphics design training in Cologne and advanced studies in ceramics as a student at the Higher Ceramic School in Höhr-Grenzhausen from 1954 to 1956 In 1956/57, he was employed as a ceramic painter by Keto, and took a temporary job at the Madoura company in Vallauris, where Picasso's ceramic designs were realized. After his return, and a short job at Ruscha, he went to work as a designer at the Majolika-Fabrik Rheinbach Jean Fuss & Sohn KG (aka, Marei Keramik), where he remained until the end of 1958. His designs, which were produced during this period, show clear influences from his earlier work at Keto. After the acceptance of some of his designs by Bay Keramik in Ransbach-Baumbach, he began providing them with form and decor designs as a freelancer starting in 1959. He became a permanent designer there in 1962. in the same year he became a founding member, along with Liesel Spornhauer and others, of the ceramic group "Muffel", coming to public attention with his own ceramic objects and murals, and receiving great attention for their color and formal technical design. Bodo Mans officially retired from Bay in 1975, but continued to work for them as a freelance industrial designer, painter, graphic artist and journalist for many years. He passed away in 2001.

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