The Overbecks sculpted this ceramic figurine orchestra, on view at the museum.
Photo by: Jane Holman | courtesy of Waynet, Inc.
The Overbeck Pottery Museum in Cambridge, Indiana, houses a collection of pottery and figurines made by the six Overbeck sisters. They started making pottery out of their home in 1911 and continued until 1955. When they first took up this craft, most pottery was directly copied from European and Japanese styles of ceramic art, but the Overbeck sisters believed that "borrowed art is bad art" and strived to create their own signature style. The majority of their work was inspired by their surroundings—they focused on painted porcelain figurines, Art Nouveau and Art Deco, and "grotesques" based on real people. The Overbecks became famous for their matte, turquoise and heliotrope bright glazes, and their glaze formula was their best-kept secret.
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