Among the various Cybis porcelain ‘genres’ (generalized categories) there is a small group called the Classical Impressions. All except two were limited editions, and most were introduced during the 1980s. Leda and the Swan is 9” high and 13” wide on its base and was a declared limited edition of 500 white bisque sculptures at [...]
Although a separate post examines the early (1940s) Cybis porcelain retail pieces, an unusual experimental design from approximately the same period has been discovered. These two items are unusual both in subject and in how they are marked. In the 1940s and 1950s it wasn't unusual for the Cybis studio to utilize molds purchased from [...]
As a gardener you’d think I’d loathe snails and as a person violently allergic to garlic you’d assume I also avoid them like the plague, gastronomically speaking – both are true, but with one notable exception: I once spent four years actively trying to acquire a specific snail (no, I’m not a malacologist either). It [...]
Almost all of the Cybis 'Portraits in Porcelain' are readily identifiable characters from Shakespeare, mythology, literature, or history. However, there are two that defy specific identification; one is from the 1980s and the other is a millennial. Sir Henry, the Knight was introduced in 1986 at $1500 as a limited edition of 350 sculptures. He [...]
Having covered the Cybis fairytale characters, we still have a separate group of sculptures created during the span of a decade and based instead on traditional nursery rhymes. Some of these were included in the 1980 hardcover book Poems for Children and Other People by George Hornby which was illustrated entirely with Cybis photographs. All [...]
Angels and cherubs emerged from the Cybis studio ever since its earliest days in 1940s New York where Boleslaw and Marja Cybis created their frescoes and sculptures. The angels below are listed chronologically. None of them were limited editions. An intriguing group of six angels produced between 1940 and 1942 in “papka” composition was the [...]
Cybis produced quite a number of porcelain sculptures that can be put into the ‘fantasy’ genre: unicorns, mythological figures, fairytales of all sorts, and of course the three main characters from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Nevertheless there are some that fail to fit into any of those categories, and many of them were designed by [...]
Although known far less for their plaques and decorative plates than for sculptures, the Cybis studio nevertheless did produce a few during every decade of their operation. Most date from the 1970s and 1980s. (The early-1970s series of Limnettes® have their own separate post.) The earliest mention of Cybis porcelain plaques is in the 1970-71 [...]
Euterpe, the Greek muse of song and music, certainly inspired the artists of Cybis at various times during the past decades (her compatriot Terpsichore is reflected in their ballet sculptures.) Their first two such studies were both limited editions that appeared in 1967 but reflected very different musical genres. This evocative study of Arturo Toscanini’s [...]
The Cybis studio produced porcelain flower studies regularly throughout its history. Their roses, flower baskets and of course the one of a kind Flower Bouquet of the United States are shown in separate posts, but there are still plenty of other floral sculptures to browse through! They are shown below in chronological order by introduction [...]
THE CYBIS ARCHIVE 