Harvey Littleton Ceramics

1951 mfa ceramics cranbrook academy of art bloomfield hills michigan.

Harvey littleton ceramics.

Skip to end of content. 6 expected by his father to enter the field of physics littleton instead chose a career in art gaining recognition first as a ceramist and later as a. Born in corning new york he grew up in the shadow of corning glass works where his father headed research and development during the 1930s. Expected by his father to enter the field of physics.

He chose to throw off the hump allowing him to produce up to 150 pieces in a day. 1952 1977 university of wisconsin madison wisconsin. When corning rejected harvey littleton s 1947 proposal for an experimental glass workshop he turned his attention to pottery and began to teach ceramics at the university of wisconsin madison. Works for sale 4 auction results.

Littleton had an almost predetermined affinity for glass. Harvey littleton was an american glass artist and educator. In 1959 he began to investigate the possibility of glass as a medium and in 1960 had melted glass and cold worked lumps of cullet. Harvey littleton fell in love with glass at the age of six while seeing it produced at corning glassworks.

Several of harvey littleton s students also went on to disseminate the study of glass art throughout the u s including marvin lipofsky who started a glass program at the university of california at berkeley and dale chihuly who developed the glass program at the rhode island school of design and later was a founder of pilchuck glass school in stanwood washington. Littleton also established america s first glass program at the university of wisconsin where he emphasized the importance. Harvey littleton june 14 1922 december 13 2013 was an american glass artist and educator. His father headed the department of research and development at corning glass works and was the inventor of pyrex cookware.

Littleton received recognition for his work as a ceramicist in a national exhibition sponsored by the american crafts council at the first international exposition of ceramics in cannes france. Born in corning new york he grew up in the shadow of corning glass works where his father headed research and development during the 1930s. Primary work experience army signal corps. Harvey littleton is known for thrown stoneware functional pieces.

Littleton received recognition for his work as a ceramicist in a national exhibition sponsored by the american crafts council at the first international exposition of ceramics in cannes france. Littleton is internationally recognized as the pioneering champion and founding father of the american studio glass movement.