The early 1960s saw the birth of what is recognized today as the Cybis Porcelain studio. After the deaths of Boleslaw and Marja Cybis in 1957 and 1958, the Cordey influence (as seen in the M.B. Cybis items) disappeared and the instances of Holland-Mold-based items waned. Original designs became the new focus. How did the [...]
This post will take us back a half century, to attend a state dinner at the White House in April 1975. The Cybis North American Indians sculptures served as the table centerpieces for this event. So, step into your friendly neighborhood time machine and let's go... Back to the 1970s A recent mail delivery contained [...]
Although Tony Trezza was not a ‘Cybis artist’ in the sense of having created porcelain sculptures for the studio, he was definitely an artist in his own right and contributed in large part to the studio’s success. He also created a work of art that every employee of, and visitor to, the studio saw until [...]
During the early 1920s, Boleslaw Cybis had to flee his homeland and take refuge in Turkey. This period of time is very briefly mentioned in Cybis in Retrospect, but was a significant influence on his personal style. I recently translated some letters that the young artist of 25 wrote to his mother not long after [...]
THE CYBIS ARCHIVE 