Ralph Candido Bacerra - Artist Info

About Ralph Candido Bacerra

  • Biography

    Ralph Candido Bacerra was born in Garden Grove, California on January 23, 1938.  Bacerra studied at Chouinard Art Institute, and was chairman of the ceramics department from 1963-1971.  He held the same position at the Otis Art Institute from 1983-1997. He died at his home in Eagle Rock, CA on June 10, 2008.



    Works held:
    Arizona State University
    Long Beach Museum
    Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    Oakland Museum
    Wichita Museum
    DeYoung Museum
    Smithsonian Inst.

    Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
    Social Security Death Index (1940-2002).


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