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1910 New York City - 2008. Known for: Ceramics, sculpture, painting, teaching.
A pioneer in the techniques of glazes for modern studio pottery and a long-time art teacher, Edwin Scheier, working with his wife, Mary Goldsmith Scheier, was known for utilitarian pots highlighted... Read full biography
A pioneer in the techniques of glazes for modern studio pottery and a long-time art teacher, Edwin Scheier, working with his wife, Mary Goldsmith Scheier, was known for utilitarian pots highlighted by skillfully applied glazes. With him creating and applying the glazes to forms made by Mary, the... Read full biography
A pioneer in the techniques of glazes for modern studio pottery and a long-time art teacher, Edwin Scheier, working with his wife, Mary Goldsmith Scheier, was known for utilitarian pots highlighted by skillfully applied glazes. With him creating and applying the glazes to forms made by Mary, the couple worked side by side most of their married life. Many of their thrown pots had themes of birth and rebirth in humans and animals. In addition to pottery, they made small sculptures from local... Read full biography
A pioneer in the techniques of glazes for modern studio pottery and a long-time art teacher, Edwin Scheier, working with his wife, Mary Goldsmith Scheier, was known for utilitarian pots highlighted by skillfully applied glazes. With him creating and applying the glazes to forms made by Mary, the couple worked side by side most of their married life. Many of their thrown pots had themes of birth and rebirth in humans and animals. In addition to pottery, they made small sculptures from local clay, and some of these pieces resembled Sung Dynasty-era pottery. Edwin Scheier was born in New York City in the Bronx to an American mother and Jewish German father. The father died when Edwin was very young, which left the family struggling... Read full biography
A pioneer in the techniques of glazes for modern studio pottery and a long-time art teacher, Edwin Scheier, working with his wife, Mary Goldsmith Scheier, was known for utilitarian pots highlighted by skillfully applied glazes. With him creating and applying the glazes to forms made by Mary, the couple worked side by side most of their married life. Many of their thrown pots had themes of birth and rebirth in humans and animals. In addition to pottery, they made small sculptures from local clay, and some of these pieces resembled Sung Dynasty-era pottery. Edwin Scheier was born in New York City in the Bronx to an American mother and Jewish German father. The father died when Edwin was very young, which left the family struggling financially. He dropped out of high school in order to earn money but later studied art in New York City at the Art... Read full biography
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Keywords (23)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Art Pottery
- •Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Design and/or Decoration
- •Ceramics
- •Colored Pencil
- •Encaustic
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Stoneware, Stone, Stonecut, Sandstone
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Hand-Crafted Objects
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Mexico and/or Central America
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Columbia University Art Department, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Ceramic Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Detroit Institute of Art