Nicholas Vergette

Nicholas (Nick) Vergette (1923–1974) was a British potter and sculptor,[1] who produced ceramic murals and figurative works for architectural settings during the 1950s and 1960s.

He studied pottery under Dora Billington at the Central School of Art and Design in London.

Vergette died of cancer in 1974, two months after completing "Here", a large sculpture piece on the SIU campus.

But the influences, which are in any case unavoidable, are completely submerged in the abundant vitality and originality of three potters, William Newland, Nicholas Vergette and Margaret Hine [8]Darren Dean in a 1994 article entitled William Newland, Margaret Hine and Nicholas Vergette, 1949-1954 concluded: these three potters can be seen to bridge the gap between the disciplined approaches of pre-war craft practices and the free and experimental studio ceramics which developed in the 1960s and after.

[9]Donhauser (1978) recalled, that "Dirk Hubers and Nicolas Vergette are two examples of potters who, through their distinctive form language, added to the diversity of style and attitudes which comprised the American studio-pottery scene during the 1950s.