Alan Brough
British studio potter
About Alan Brough
Lived 1924 – 2012 (aged 87–88). Alan Brough was a potter.
Alan Brough (20 April 1924 – 2012) was a studio potter, the son of sculptor Alan Brough.
Brough was born in 1924 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, he studied at the Camberwell School of Art in London from 1946 to 1950. In 1953 his three legged bowl won first prize at the International Handicraft Exhibition in Earls Court. to join Bernard Leach at the Leach Pottery in St Ives Cornwall.
He established his own pottery in Newlyn, Cornwall in 1972, working mainly in porcelain and stoneware.
His work is held by Leicester Museum, and Penlee House. A selection of his pots featured in an exhibition The Royal Academy at Wolfson and are held in a collection at Cambridge University.
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British studio potter (1924 - 2012)
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