Alan Brough (20 April 1924 - 2012) was a studio potter, the son of sculptor Alan Brough. [1]
Brough was born in 1924 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, he studied at the Camberwell School of Art in London from 1946 to 1950. [2] In 1953 his three legged bowl won first prize at the International Handicraft Exhibition in Earls Court. [2]
In 1956 along with art school friend Tony Deacon he started Deacon Pottery in Central London. In 1968 he was invited by Bill Marshall [3] to join Bernard Leach at the Leach Pottery in St Ives Cornwall. [1] He featured along with Shoji Hamada in a 1971 film The Art of the Potter by American filmmakers David Outerbridge and Sidney Reichman. [4]
He established his own pottery in Newlyn, Cornwall in 1972, [5] working mainly in porcelain and stoneware. [1] His wife Sheila was a textile artist, designer and dressmaker and his son Adrian is also a potter in Lelant Cornwall. [6]
His work is held by Leicester Museum, [7] and Penlee House. [8] A selection of his pots featured in an exhibition The Royal Academy at Wolfson and are held in a collection at Cambridge University . [9]