Like modern paintings, modern china patterns are the ones that resulted from breaking away from tradition and consumer expectations. After two hundred years of plates with flowers and gold bands on them, someone finally said "enough". Initially, artists, designers and architects made up most of the small market that understood and appreciated these patterns. There was not a great deal of modernist wares made until the 1930s when dining started to become more casual. Fiesta and Russel Wright pottery were some of the first well designed, mass produced modernist wares to sell well. These were designed for everyday use, but eventually large mainstream manufacturers like Lenox, Castleton and Rosenthal began to introduce modern fine china patterns. Although the most notable modernist wares celebrate simplicity and a lack of decoration, the modernist movement in china redefined what is acceptable for decoration. For example, the 1950s atomic and space exploration age led to atoms and stars appearing on numerous patterns.
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