This final part of my profile of George Ivers looks at some of his non-Cybis paintings on porcelain as well as his oil and watercolor paintings, dimensional sculptures, limited-edition prints, and greeting cards. Paintings on Porcelain These are very similar to (and in one case, extremely so!) the Limnettes that he created for Cybis during [...]
Among the pieces that George Ivers created or painted while he was the Art Director of the Cybis studio are four tales from the Old Testament. Unlike the 1971-72 Limnettes – which were retail pieces – these do not appear in any of the Cybis general retail price lists that I have found. However, I’m [...]
The Limnettes were a unique product of the Cybis studio during the first half of the 1970s. They are small porcelain plaques that were designed by freelance artist George Ivers in 1971. He was actually working for Lenox at the time but later joined Cybis as their Art Director in 1973 and remained in that [...]
THE CYBIS ARCHIVE 