Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Toshiko Takaezu was an American ceramic artist and painter. She was born to Japanese immigrant parents in Pepeekeo, Hawaii, in 1922. She studied at the Honolulu Museum of Art and the University of Hawaii under Claude Horan from 1948–51. From 1951–54, Takaezu continued her studies at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where she befriended Finnish ceramist Maija Grotell, who became her mentor. In 1955, Takaezu traveled to Japan, where she studied Buddhism, visited Shoji Hamada and observed the techniques of traditional Japanese pottery, which continue to influence her work. She taught for 10 years at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and then from 1967–92, she taught at Princeton University, where she was awarded an honorary doctorate. She retired in 1992 to become a studio artist, living and working in Quakertown, New Jersey, about 30 miles northwest of Princeton. In addition to her studio in New Jersey, Takaezu made many of her larger sculptures at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. She made functional wheel-thrown vessels early in her career. Later, she switched to abstract sculptures with freely applied poured and painted glazes. In the early 1970s, when Takaezu didn’t have access to a kiln, she painted on canvas. Her work is part of the permanent collections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, among many others. Takaezu was the recipient of the Gold Medal of the American Craft Council and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant. She lived in Hawaii for 10 years and died March 9, 2011, in Honolulu.
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Porcelain, Pottery
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Earthenware, Pottery
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Porcelain, Pottery
1980s American Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Earthenware, Pottery
1980s American Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Porcelain, Pottery
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Porcelain, Pottery
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Porcelain, Pottery
1980s American Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Pottery
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Porcelain, Pottery
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Pottery
2010s Argentine Organic Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
1950s American Folk Art Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
1970s English Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Stoneware
Late 20th Century American Brutalist Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Pottery
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Silver Plate, Copper
1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Pottery
2010s Italian Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Enamel
1950s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Stoneware
2010s Italian Industrial Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Marble, Gold Leaf
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Porcelain, Pottery
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Stoneware
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Pottery
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Furniture
Ceramic, Clay