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1933 Toledo, Ohio - 2006 Fort Collins, Colorado. Known for: Stoneware, ceramic and earthenware pottery.
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Richard DeVore (1933 - 25 June 2006) was an American ceramicist that was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933. He earned a B.Ed. degree with an art major from the University of Toledo in 1955, and received... Read full biography
Richard DeVore (1933 - 25 June 2006) was an American ceramicist that was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933. He earned a B.Ed. degree with an art major from the University of Toledo in 1955, and received an M.F.A. from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1957. In 1966 DeVore became head of the ceramics... Read full biography
Richard DeVore (1933 - 25 June 2006) was an American ceramicist that was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933. He earned a B.Ed. degree with an art major from the University of Toledo in 1955, and received an M.F.A. from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1957. In 1966 DeVore became head of the ceramics department at Cranbrook Academy of Art. He was a member of the Colorado State University art faculty from 1978 to 2004. In 1987, DeVore was installed as a fellow of the American Craft Council. He is known... Read full biography
Richard DeVore (1933 - 25 June 2006) was an American ceramicist that was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933. He earned a B.Ed. degree with an art major from the University of Toledo in 1955, and received an M.F.A. from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1957. In 1966 DeVore became head of the ceramics department at Cranbrook Academy of Art. He was a member of the Colorado State University art faculty from 1978 to 2004. In 1987, DeVore was installed as a fellow of the American Craft Council. He is known for simple, organic forms finished in dull glazes that suggest polished stones, sun bleached bones or even translucent skin. He died from lung cancer in Fort Collins, Colorado on June 25, 2006. Awards. 1987 Installed as Fellow of the American Craft... Read full biography
Richard DeVore (1933 - 25 June 2006) was an American ceramicist that was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933. He earned a B.Ed. degree with an art major from the University of Toledo in 1955, and received an M.F.A. from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1957. In 1966 DeVore became head of the ceramics department at Cranbrook Academy of Art. He was a member of the Colorado State University art faculty from 1978 to 2004. In 1987, DeVore was installed as a fellow of the American Craft Council. He is known for simple, organic forms finished in dull glazes that suggest polished stones, sun bleached bones or even translucent skin. He died from lung cancer in Fort Collins, Colorado on June 25, 2006. Awards. 1987 Installed as Fellow of the American Craft Council. 1986 National Endowment for the Arts Grant. 1982 Fabric... Read full biography
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Richard DeVore (1933 - 25 June 2006) was an American ceramicist that was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933. He earned a B.Ed. degree with an art major from the University of Toledo in 1955, and received an M.F.A. from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1957. In 1966 DeVore became head of the ceramics department at Cranbrook Academy of Art.
He was a member of the Colorado State University art faculty from 1978 to 2004. In 1987, DeVore was installed as a fellow of the American Craft Council.
He is known for simple, organic forms finished in dull glazes that suggest polished stones, sun bleached bones or even translucent skin. He died from lung cancer in Fort Collins, Colorado on June 25, 2006.
Awards
1987 Installed as Fellow of the American Craft Council
1986 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
1982 Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia: Participating Artists
1980 National Endowment for the Arts, Craftsman's Fellowship
Fabric Workshop, Philadelphia: Participating Artist under a National
Endowment for the Arts Grant
1976 National Endowment for the Arts Grant
Education
1955 University of Toledo, Ohio BE
1957 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Museum Collections
American Craft Museum, New York
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Boymans van Beunigen Museum, Rotterdam, Holland
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Contemporary Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
Eastern Michigan University, Art Gallery, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
Flint Institute of Art, Flint, Michigan
Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
J. Patrick Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, California
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Kestner Museum, Hanover, West Germany
Krannert Museum, University of Illinois at Champaign, Illinois
Kruithuis Museum, Netherlands
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas
National Collection of Contemporary Art, Paris, France
National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
Nelson Fine Arts Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri
University of Colorado Museum, Boulder, Colorado
University of Michigan Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Wellesley College Museum, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
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