Maija Grotell
Maija Grotell attributed Cranbrook Academy of Art
Located in Sharon, CT
glazed decoration, typical of Grotell's Cranbrook Academy of Art style, where she worked and headed the
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Clyde Burt Signed Large Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery Ceramic Art Bowl
By Clyde Burt
Located in Studio City, CA
master potter/ artist Cyde Burt who early in his career studied under Maija Grotell at Cranbrook Academy
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
$2,900
H 5.75 in Dm 10.75 in
Monumental Leza McVey Surrealist "Eye in Hand" Ceramic Sculpture, 1977
By Leza McVey
Located in Chicago, IL
-built her pieces, creating freeform and asymmetrical works influenced by her studies with Maija Grotell
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$28,000
H 23.75 in W 14.25 in D 7.75 in
Monumental Leza McVey Surrealist "Eye in Hand" Ceramic Sculpture, 1977
By Leza McVey
Located in Chicago, IL
-built her pieces, creating freeform and asymmetrical works influenced by her studies with Maija Grotell
Category
Vintage 1970s American Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
$28,000
H 23.75 in W 14.25 in D 7.75 in
Rare 1955 Cranbrook School Aim High Logo Design by Eero Saarinen Oak Bookends
By Eero Saarinen
Located in St. Louis, MO
Fredericks, Maija Grotell and Eliel Saarinen among others.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Bookends
Materials
Aluminum
$1,200 / set
H 8 in W 7.38 in D 5.44 in
Clyde Burt Ceramic Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Clyde Burt Ceramic Vessel or Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Clyde Burt Footed Tray Plate in Glazed Multicolored Stonewear
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Clyde Burt Tall Ceramic Vase with Abstract Design
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Clyde Burt Ceramic Vase with Lid
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Sculptural Ceramic Vessel by Richard Devore Exhibited and Published
By Richard DeVore
Located in Atlanta, GA
of Art in 1957 where he studied ceramics with Maija Grotell. In 1966 DeVore became head of the
Category
Vintage 1970s American Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
John Glick Plum Street Pottery Ceramic Charger Monumental
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a
Category
1990s American Expressionist Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
John Glick Plum Street Pottery Signed Monumental Ceramic Charger
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a legendary and influential teacher
Category
1990s American Expressionist Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
John Glick Plum Street Pottery Ceramic Glazed Bowl/Charger Extra-large
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a
Category
Late 20th Century American Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
John Glick Plum Street Pottery Ceramic Charger Monumental
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija Grotell, a
Category
1990s American Expressionist Decorative Dishes and Vide-Poche
Materials
Ceramic
John Glick Ceramic Garden Planterette Signed
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
received his Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija
Category
1990s American American Classical Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Ceramic
John Glick Plum Tree Pottery "Wall Mantel Series"
By John Glick
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
received his Masters from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, working with Maija
Category
Late 20th Century American American Craftsman Mounted Objects
Materials
Ceramic
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Stephen Polchert Ceramic Vase, 1950
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
1950 signed ceramic vase by Cranbrook Academy alumni and former assistant to Maija Grotell, Stephen
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Stephen Polchert Ceramic Plate
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Cranbrook Academy and studied under Maija Grotell
Category
Vintage 1980s American Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Stephen Polchert Ceramic Mirror
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Rare, signed ceramic frame mirror by Cranbrook Academy alumni and former Maija Grotell assistant
Category
1990s American Arts and Crafts Wall Mirrors
Stephen Polchert Pottery, 1958
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Cranbrook Academy in the 1950s and was an assistant and friend of Maija Grotell.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Stephen Polchert Ceramic Lamp, 1961
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Beautiful, rare, ceramic lamp by Cranbrook Academy alumni and former Maija Grotell assistant
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps
Toshiko Takaezu: Hawaiian Colors Moon Pot w/ Rattle
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Berkeley, CA
academy under Maija Grotell, Toshiko was colleagues with Harry Bertoia, Jack Lenor Larson, and Lenore
Category
American Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Stephen Polchert Pottery, 1950
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Cranbrook Academy where he served as an assistant to Maija Grotell prior to a lifetime of dedication to the
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Pottery
Tall Mid Century Stoneware Clyde Burt American Studio Vessel
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Art, he worked under Maija Grotell. He taught at the Dayton Art Institute and the Fort Wayne School of
Category
Vintage 1960s American Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Large Bulbous Clyde Burt Vessel
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
of Art, he worked under Maija Grotell. He taught at the Dayton Art Institute and the Fort Wayne
Category
Vintage 1960s American Vases
Materials
Stoneware
John Glick Pottery Pitcher
By John Glick
Located in Ferndale, MI
study with renowned ceramist Maija Grotell at Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he received his MFA in
Category
Vintage 1970s American Pottery
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
Toshiko Takaezu stoneware bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
, warm tones of brown, rust, red, gold and black.
Takaezu studied at Cranbrook under Maija
Category
Vintage 1960s American Centerpieces
Materials
Ceramic
Toshiko Takaezu stoneware bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
gloss glaze.
Takaezu studied at Cranbrook under Maija Grotell. She later taught at
Category
Vintage 1960s American Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Contemporary Toshiko Takaezu Ceramic Art Sculpture Moon Pot with Rattle
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
befriended Finnish ceramist, Maija Grotell, who became her mentor. Following, in 1955, Takaezu traveled to
Category
1990s American Modern Pottery
Large Toshiko Takaezu Studio Ceramic Moon Pot with Rattle
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Phoenix, AZ
she made traditional vessels but in the late 1950s, strongly influenced by the Finnish ceramist Maija
Category
Late 20th Century American Pottery
Materials
Clay
Stephen Polchert Porcelain Vessel
By Stephen Polchert
Located in Chalk Hill, PA
). Polchert attended Cranbrook Academy in the 1950s and was an assistant and friend of Maija Grotell.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Vases
Materials
Porcelain
Toshiko Takaezu small early Cranbrook ceramic
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Sharon, CT
teacher Maija Grotell is apparent, and this little gem
probably dates from her period of study at
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Stoneware
Set of Abstract Ceramic Vessels by Toshiko Takaezu
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Atlanta, GA
.
Takaezu was born in Hawaii to immigrant Japanese parents, went on to study under Maija Grotell at
Category
Vintage 1980s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Earthenware
Maija Grottel Vintage Finnish Scandinavian Art Studio Pottery Vase
By Maija Grotell
Located in Wilton, CT
Maija Grottel, 1899-1973, was an accomplished studio potter and educator. Born in Finland, she
Category
Vintage 1950s American Modern Vases
1960s Leza Sullivan McVey Stoneware Modernist Cool Blue Cat Sculpture
By Leza McVey
Located in Palm Springs, CA
the Finnish artist Maija Grotell and became friends with the Japanese-American artist Toshiko Takaezu
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Clyde Burt Large Ceramic Bowl
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Clyde Burt Ceramic Vase or Vessel with Sgraffito
By Clyde Burt
Located in Dallas, TX
Cranbrook Academy of Art to study under Maija Grotell. While Grotell is responsible for bringing the wheel
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Vases
Materials
Ceramic
Toshiko Takaezu Exciting Abstract Expressionist Ceramic Charger
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in Phoenix, AZ
late 1950s, strongly influenced by the Finnish ceramist Maija Grotell, she embraced the notion of
Category
Late 20th Century American Pottery
Materials
Clay
Frances Senska Signed Mid-Century Modern Montana Studio Pottery 3 Sided Art Vase
Located in Studio City, CA
school class taught by Edith Heath. She later studied with both Maija Grotell and Marguerite Wildenhain
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
H 7 in W 5 in D 5 in
Toshiko Takaezu Charger
By Toshiko Takaezu
Located in New York, NY
). Steeped in both Asian and modernist American traditions (she studied with Maija Grotell at Cranbrook
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Stoneware
Clyde Burt Studio Ceramic Vase
By Clyde Burt
Located in New York, NY
midwestern studio potter Clyde Burt (1922-18), circa 1960s. Burt, a student of Maija Grotell's at Cranbrook
Category
Vintage 1960s American American Craftsman Vases
Materials
Stoneware
Mid-Century Ceramic Bowl by Mary Grote
Located in Portland, OR
similarities - this piece seems to have been created in the style of Maija Grotell, widely considered the
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics
Materials
Ceramic
Eros (Cupid) Riding a Dolphin Ceramic Sculpture by Robert Lohman
Located in Chicago, IL
include Maija Grotell and and Gaetano Cecere
Category
Vintage 1940s American Sculptures
Mid Centuty Ceramic Wall Mural by Clyde Burt
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
did graduate work at The Cranbrook Academy of Art, under Maija Grotell. Burt's work is in the
Category
Vintage 1960s American Wall-mounted Sculptures
Michael Cohen Studio Pottery Mirror
By Michael Cohen
Located in Waltham, MA
Academy, where he was a student of Maija Grotell. After one year at Cranbrook, he started his own studio
Category
Vintage 1960s American Wall Mirrors
Materials
Ceramic
Large Michael Cohen Studio Pottery Mirror
By Michael Cohen
Located in Waltham, MA
work at the Cranbrook Academy, where he was a student of Maija Grotell. After one year at Cranbrook, he
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Ceramic
Michael Cohen Studio Pottery Mirror
By Michael Cohen
Located in Waltham, MA
work at the Cranbrook Academy, where he was a student of Maija Grotell. After one year at Cranbrook, he
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Ceramic, Cork, Mirror
Collection of Studio Pottery Mirrors by Michael Cohen
By Michael Cohen
Located in Waltham, MA
in the military, he completed graduate work at the Cranbrook Academy, where he was a student of Maija
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Cork, Mirror
Large Abstract Studio Pottery Charger by Clyde Burt
By Clyde Burt
Located in Providence, RI
completed graduate work under Maija Grotell at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He exhibited at the Ceramic
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Decorative Bowls
Materials
Earthenware
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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the maija grotell you’re looking for. A maija grotell — often made from ceramic, pottery and stoneware — can elevate any home. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect maija grotell — we have versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A maija grotell, designed in the mid-century modern or modern style, is generally a popular piece of furniture. You’ll likely find more than one maija grotell that is appealing in its simplicity, but Clyde Burt, Eero Saarinen and Stephen Polchert produced versions that are worth a look.
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