Daniel ZULOAGA (Daniel Zuloaga Boneta)
Daniel Zuloaga – actually Daniel Zuloaga Boneta – is one of the first art ceramists or studio ceramists in Spain. His works are very diverse, there are very pitoresque ceramics by Daniel Zuloaga, including painted tiles and vases, as well as modern versions, especially in terms of colouring.
Short biography of Daniel Zuloaga
1852 1867-1871 1877-1893 – teaches at the Escuela Central de Artes y Oficios 1893-1906 |
1905 1906 1908 from 1911 1921 |
About Zuloaga’s pottery
Around 1912, an exhibition of Zuloaga’s pottery took place in Madrid. In the accompanying exhibition brochure, Daniel Zuloaga’s style and aspirations are described thus:
“What Zuloaga avoids is vile imitation. The pupil of Sèvres, with all due respect, felt that the opposite should be done. One thing is crockery for eating made of unsightly materials and another thing is a decorative object that has no other purpose than to please the eye, and that is why Zuloaga is much more interested in earthenware than in porcelain, which, as has been said, is discredited by those great industries that flood all the shop windows of Madrid with ridiculous bisque porcelain as parodies of Sèvres, Sax, Berlin, Vienna, Chelsen, etc. which cannot enter the room of a person educated in the arts.” [1]
Exhibitions
Sources
[1] Cerámica artística de Daniel Zuloaga, Industria Artística de Cerámica en Segovia, Exposición en la Plaza de Oriente, 7 Bajo Dcha., Madrid, pp. 14-15.
Daniel Zuloaga Boneta, on the website of the Fundación Zuloaga, last accessed on 7.10.2022
Daniel Zuloaga (1852-1921), on the website of the Museo de Bellas Artes de Álava, last accessed on 7.10.2022
Zuloaga, al mejor postor, in: El Día de Segovia, 23.8.2020, last accessed on 7.10.2022
Abraham Rubio Celada: Tesis Doctoral: De la tradicion de la modernidad. Los Zuloaga Ceramistas, 2004 Madrid.
Works by Daniel Zuloaga
Below you will find various works by Daniel Zuloaga.