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1921 Summerfield, Illinois - 2011 Claremont, California. Known for: Ceramic sculpture-raku, educator.
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Obituary. New York Times January 10, 2011. Paul Soldner, 89, Ceramic Artist and Innovator. By William Grimes. Paul Soldner, a ceramist who put his own twist on the Japanese firing technique known as... Read full biography
Obituary. New York Times January 10, 2011. Paul Soldner, 89, Ceramic Artist and Innovator. By William Grimes. Paul Soldner, a ceramist who put his own twist on the Japanese firing technique known as raku to create wildly spontaneous sculptural vessels, died on Monday at his home in Claremont,... Read full biography
Obituary. New York Times January 10, 2011. Paul Soldner, 89, Ceramic Artist and Innovator. By William Grimes. Paul Soldner, a ceramist who put his own twist on the Japanese firing technique known as raku to create wildly spontaneous sculptural vessels, died on Monday at his home in Claremont, Calif. He was 89. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Stephanie Soldner Sullivan. Mr. Soldner was the first student of Peter Voulkos, the revolutionary founder of the ceramics program at the Los... Read full biography
Obituary. New York Times January 10, 2011. Paul Soldner, 89, Ceramic Artist and Innovator. By William Grimes. Paul Soldner, a ceramist who put his own twist on the Japanese firing technique known as raku to create wildly spontaneous sculptural vessels, died on Monday at his home in Claremont, Calif. He was 89. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Stephanie Soldner Sullivan. Mr. Soldner was the first student of Peter Voulkos, the revolutionary founder of the ceramics program at the Los Angeles County Art Institute, who made it his mission to free ceramics from their traditional function as useful household goods and make them a vehicle for artistic and personal expression. Mr. Soldner incorporated the lessons of Abstract Expressionism... Read full biography
Obituary. New York Times January 10, 2011. Paul Soldner, 89, Ceramic Artist and Innovator. By William Grimes. Paul Soldner, a ceramist who put his own twist on the Japanese firing technique known as raku to create wildly spontaneous sculptural vessels, died on Monday at his home in Claremont, Calif. He was 89. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Stephanie Soldner Sullivan. Mr. Soldner was the first student of Peter Voulkos, the revolutionary founder of the ceramics program at the Los Angeles County Art Institute, who made it his mission to free ceramics from their traditional function as useful household goods and make them a vehicle for artistic and personal expression. Mr. Soldner incorporated the lessons of Abstract Expressionism and modernist sculpture in his work, throwing floor pots with expressionistically painted areas that rose to... Read full biography
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Obituary. New York Times January 10, 2011
Paul Soldner, 89, Ceramic Artist and Innovator
By William Grimes
Paul Soldner, a ceramist who put his own twist on the Japanese firing technique known as raku to create wildly spontaneous sculptural vessels, died on Monday at his home in Claremont, Calif. He was 89.
His death was confirmed by his daughter, Stephanie Soldner Sullivan.
Mr. Soldner was the first student of Peter Voulkos, the revolutionary founder of the ceramics program at the Los Angeles County Art Institute, who made it his mission to free ceramics from their traditional function as useful household goods and make them a vehicle for artistic and personal expression.
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