Cybis Artist Profile: Harry Burger

Cybis Artist Profile: Harry Burger

Cybis sculptures that were designed by freelance artist Harry Burger are perhaps the easiest to identify, even though his name never appeared on any of them. He had a particular style that sets his pieces apart as soon as one knows what to look for – whether the item in question was produced by Cybis [...]

Cybis Artist Profile: Cyndy Bohonovsky

Cybis Artist Profile: Cyndy Bohonovsky

Sculptors, moldmakers, assemblers, and painters were not the only artists who contributed to the success of the Cybis porcelain studio. Print advertising was critical in those pre-Internet decades. Images of Cybis sculptures appeared in two formats: photographs, for use in their catalogs, brochures, and magazine ads; and illustrations, for use in newspapers. Although a photocopy [...]

Spotlight on Marja Cybis (1906-1958)

Spotlight on Marja Cybis (1906-1958)

Although the studio always emphasized Boleslaw as its founder, his wife Marja Cybis was a talented artist in her own right and no doubt contributed just as much to its success as he did. Unfortunately she has gotten short shrift in Cybis studio literature, usually relegated to a brief mention in a description in a [...]

Cybis Artist Profile: William Pae

Cybis Artist Profile: William Pae

A veteran artist of the Cybis studio's 'golden age', William Pae has always been a man of many talents: sculpture, painting, drawing, woodworking and even in the baseball field (but more about that later.)  If you have even a nodding acquaintance with Cybis porcelain you've seen his work even though – as was studio policy [...]

Cybis Artist Profile: Lynn Klockner Brown

Cybis Artist Profile: Lynn Klockner Brown

Lynn Klockner Brown was one of the most prolific and longest-resident artists at the Cybis studio, creating more than 60 of their sculptures, 43 of which were limited editions. She designed in all of their genres but had a special affinity for the equine sculptures as well as the Portraits in Porcelain. Born in Lawrenceville, [...]