Description: Albert Green (American, 1914-1994)Bowl measures approximately: 4 1/2" H x 8 5/8" D Please note that shipping charges are inclusive of insurance, payment processing and carrier fees. mba1.2 About Albert Green A potter and painter, Albert Green earned an international reputation for his ceramics, stoneware and canvases. Born into a working class family in 1914, he entered the University of Pennsylvania at age 16 on a full scholarship as a scholar and athlete. He was a champion middle distance runner throughout college.He studied painting at the Art Students League in New York City. But in 1946 a chance encounter with a display of contemporary Japanese pottery by Shoji Hamada inspired him on the spot to switch from painting to pottery. Green learned pottery techniques through engineering manuals and applied his knowledge of college chemistry to teach himself glazing.Writing in 1983 for a catalog of an exhibition of his work at the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton he states, "Critics most often use the word painterly to describe my ceramics, which is understandable. I was a painter before I was a potter. As a painter, I was attracted to clay for the beauty and variety of the glazes. I never intended to abandon painting, only to apply it to a new medium. Yet, once exposed to the responsiveness of clay and the excitement of a glaze kiln, I never went back. That was thirty years ago. Glazes have fascinated me more so than form. My ceramic forms are developed to provide the ground for glazes: unencumbered and stripped of anything that might intrude on the painting." He took his painting skills and applied them to his clay works, creating pieces that critics praised for their painterly qualities and subtle sense of color. He worked from his home studio until his death in 1994 at age 79.(Adapted from the Luce Artist Biography of Albert Green, The Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery)
Price: 475 USD
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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Brand: Albert Green
Type: Bowl
Shape: Round
Color: Blue and Brown
Style: Mid-Century Modern
Material: Ceramic, Stoneware
Production Style: Art Pottery
Production Technique: Pottery
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Handmade: Yes
Vintage: Yes
