Raul Coronel Wall Decorations

A wonderful, exceptionally large, and rather rare Mid-Century Modern stoneware wall plaque/ sculpture depicting a set of birds - perhaps partridges or dov...

A wonderful and rather rare Mid-Century Modern stoneware wall plaque/ sculpture, depicting a large bird, perhaps a partridge or hen by Mexican born ceramic master Raul Coronel who pl...

A very nice example of a Raul Coronel wall sculpture depicting a knight in arms. Nicely framed with a Coronel signed plaque. Also a paper label on the back. Frame has a bit of minor ...

A nice matched pair of Raul Coronel Pottery Birds, mounted and with his plaque. Nicely done and extremely colorful. They are nicely framed in period frames. A brief bio f the artist follows from askart: Raul Angulo Coronel (1926-). He was born February 28, 1926 in Mexicali, Mexico. Upon joining the United States Marine Corps at the age of 18 in 1944, he became a Naturalized Citizen of the United States. He served honorably in World War II in the Pacific Theater of Operations. From 1947 to 1950 he attended the University of California, Berkeley and earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. From 1951 through '53 he did research studies in art at the University of Hawaii, and attended the College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland, California where he met Peter Voulkos, and studied with well known ceramist Marguerite Wildenhain. Studying with Wildenhain taught him the craft of pottery making, but it is the association with Voulkos he credits with giving him new understanding and direction in the field of ceramics as a medium for artistic expression. He then attended Los Angeles State College, receiving a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Following that, he completed Graduate Studies at the University of California, where he studied with Susan Peterson and F. Carlton Ball. While at USC he learned Ball's technique of making extremely large pots by throwing in sections utilizing more than one pottery wheel, and along with John Mason, he became a graduate assistant to Peterson. In 1955 he began exhibiting his work in competitive and invitational shows such as the prestigious Scripps Annual Invitational, and the California State Fair (where he was awarded prizes in both ceramic and textile design categories). He entered the Syracuse National Show in 1956, and before long his work began appearing in various museum exhibitions including the Pasadena Museum's influential "California Design" exhibits, The DeYoung Museum in San Francisco, Los Angeles County Museum, The Long Beach Museum, The Tweed Museum of Art, The Arts of Southern California Museum, The Smithsonian Institute and others. His work was retained in several of these institutions' permanent collections through purchase awards. In 1958 he established Stoneware Designs, Inc. in Los Angeles which produced Modernist pottery, ceramic furniture, lamps and lighting fixtures, sculptures and ceramic murals. At Stoneware Designs he employed several people as apprentices and piece workers, including Frank Matranga...

A lovely sunflower made of lacquered plywood mounted on a board covered with woven fabric sitting in a wooden frame. Signed by the artist in the lower right.

Circa 1960's earthenware tile mosaic depicting an abstract bird form with pooled glass sections in blue, green and gold. The mosaic is affixed to its original painted wood backing (r...

A truly extraordinary and very large scale mid 1960's Raul Coronel (b.1926) studio pottery wall sculpture framed in teak. Pieces of this scale by...

A Raul Coronel Ceramic of a Lion and a Tree mounted on a woven fabric background. The piece also features the artist's name in ceramic relief.

Ceramic wall plaque by Ca. artist Raul Coronel. Titled " Jeweled Village ". Actual piece measures 25 1/2" wide x 26" tall

"Jeweled Brilliant Sun" ceramic on yellow felt in walnut frame by Raul Coronel, worked with Peter Voulkos and Susan Peterson, Architectural ...