American sculptor
Richard E. DeVore , also written asRichard De Vore [ 2] [ 3] (1933 – 2006) was an American ceramicist, professor. He was known for stoneware.[ 4] He was faculty atCranbrook Academy of Art ’s Ceramics Department, from 1966 to 1978.
Background and education [ edit ] Untitled (#403), multi-glazed stoneware by Richard DeVore, 1983,Smithsonian American Art Museum Richard E. DeVore was born inToledo, Ohio on April 27, 1933.[ 1] [ 5] He earned a bachelor of education degree with an art major from theUniversity of Toledo in 1955, and received a master of fine arts degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1957.[ 5] [ 6] While in Michigan, he studied ceramics underMaija Grotell ,[ 5] [ 7] an influential Finnish-born American ceramist.
In 1966, DeVore became head of the ceramics department at Cranbrook Academy of Art. He joined theColorado State University art faculty in 1978 where he continued teaching until 2004.
In 1987, DeVore was installed as a fellow of theAmerican Craft Council . Based inFort Collins, Colorado ,[ 8] he was known for simple, organic forms finished in dull glazes that suggest polished stones, sun-bleached bones, or even translucent skin.
DeVore died fromlung cancer in Fort Collins, Colorado on June 25, 2006.[ 5] [ 9]
DeVore's ceramic works are represented at the following museum collections:
American Craft Museum , New YorkArizona State University Art Museum Arkansas Art Center , Little Rock, ArkansasMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen , Rotterdam, HollandButler Institute of American Art , Youngstown, OhioCleveland Museum of Art , Cleveland, OhioHonolulu Museum of Art Spalding House , Honolulu, HawaiiCranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MichiganDaum Museum of Contemporary Art , Sedalia, MissouriDelaware Art Museum , Wilmington, Delaware[ 10] Denver Art Museum , Denver, ColoradoDetroit Institute of Art , Detroit, MichiganEastern Michigan University , Art Gallery, Ypsilanti, MichiganEverson Museum of Art , Syracuse, New YorkFlint Institute of Arts , Flint, Michigan[ 11] Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art , Utah State University at Logan, UtahHigh Museum of Art , Atlanta, Georgia[ 12] John Michael Kohler Arts Center , Sheboygan, WisconsinJoslyn Art Museum , Omaha, NebraskaKestner-Museum , Hanover, GermanyKrannert Art Museum , University of Illinois at Champaign, IllinoisKruithuis Museum , The NetherlandsLos Angeles County Museum of Art , Los Angeles, California[ 3] Metropolitan Museum of Art , New York City, New York[ 13] M. H. de Young Memorial Museum , San Francisco, CaliforniaMilwaukee Art Museum , Milwaukee, WisconsinMinneapolis Institute of Arts , Minneapolis, Minnesota[ 14] Mint Museum , Charlotte, North CarolinaMuseum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , Houston, Texas[ 15] National Collection of Contemporary Art, Paris, France Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art , Kansas City, MissouriNewark Museum , Newark, New JerseyPhiladelphia Museum of Art , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[ 16] Philbrook Museum of Art , Tulsa, OklahomaSheldon Memorial Art Gallery , University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NebraskaSmithsonian American Art Museum , Washington, DC[ 5] St. Louis Art Museum , St. Louis, Missouri[ 17] University of Colorado Museum of Natural History , Boulder, ColoradoUniversity of Michigan Gallery, Ann Arbor, MichiganUtah Museum of Fine Arts , Salt Lake City, UtahVictoria and Albert Museum , London, England[ 18] Yale University Art Gallery , New Haven, Connecticut^a b "Ontdek beeldhouwer Richard DeVore" .RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch). Retrieved2021-08-23 .^ Richard De Vore . Cranbrook Art Museum. 2008.ISBN 978-0-9668577-7-1 .^a b "Untitled #876" .LACMA Collections . Retrieved2021-08-23 .^ "Richard DeVore" .AskArt.com . Retrieved2021-08-23 .^a b c d e "Richard DeVore" .Home Smithsonian American Art Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery Smithsonian American Art Museum . Retrieved21 February 2020 .^ "Contemporary American Ceramics" .JCCC Digital Department, Johnson County Community College . Retrieved2021-08-23 .^ Marter, Joan M. (2011).The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art . Oxford University Press. p. 432.ISBN 978-0-19-533579-8 . ^ Artist DeVore transcended clay’s limits – The Denver Post Retrieved 2017-03-07.^ "Artist DeVore transcended clay's limits" .The Denver Post . 2006-06-27. Retrieved2021-08-23 .^ "Richard E. DeVore" .Delaware Art Museum . Retrieved2021-08-23 .^ "Untitled" .Flint Institute of Arts . Retrieved2021-08-23 .^ "Diagram, Richard DeVore American, 1933–2006" .High Museum of Art . Retrieved2021-08-23 .^ "#740 1994" .Metropolitan Museum of Art . Retrieved2021-08-23 .^ "Richard De Vore" .Mia . Retrieved2021-08-23 .^ "Richard DeVore, Vessel" .Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) .^ "Bowl" .Philadelphia Museum of Art . Retrieved2021-08-23 .^ "Untitled, Richard DeVore, American, 1933–2006" .Saint Louis Art Museum . Retrieved2021-08-23 .^ "Vase, DeVore, Richard" .Victoria and Albert Museum . 1985. Retrieved2021-08-23 .
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