Richard Devore Sculptures
Richard DeVore was one of the most important American ceramicists of the past century. He earned a BEd. degree with an art major from The University of Toledo in 1955 and received an MFA. from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1957. In 1966, DeVore became head of the ceramics department at Cranbrook Academy of Art. He was a member of the Colorado State University art faculty from 1978–2004. In 1987, DeVore was installed as a fellow of the American Craft Council. He is known for simple, organic forms finished in dull glazes that suggest polished stones, sun-bleached bones or even translucent skin. His vessels are numerous private collections and in over 40 museum collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, American Craft Museum, New York, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse University, New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., the Louvre's National Collection of Contemporary Art in Paris, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Holland, Museum August Kestner, Hanover, Germany, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Early 2000s Contemporary Richard Devore Sculptures
Stoneware, Glaze
1990s Modern Richard Devore Sculptures
Stoneware, Glaze
Early 2000s Outsider Art Richard Devore Sculptures
Underglaze, Stoneware
2010s Abstract Richard Devore Sculptures
Gold
2010s Abstract Richard Devore Sculptures
Gold
Early 2000s Outsider Art Richard Devore Sculptures
Stoneware, Underglaze, Porcelain
2010s Contemporary Richard Devore Sculptures
Wire
2010s Folk Art Richard Devore Sculptures
Ceramic, Clay, Luster, Porcelain, Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze
2010s Contemporary Richard Devore Sculptures
Stoneware, Glaze
2010s Abstract Richard Devore Sculptures
Ceramic, Luster, Porcelain, Slip, Glaze, Underglaze, Stoneware
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Richard Devore Sculptures
Stoneware, Glaze, Epoxy Resin
2010s Contemporary Richard Devore Sculptures
Stoneware, Glaze, Clay
2010s Abstract Richard Devore Sculptures
Ceramic, Clay, Luster, Porcelain, Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze
2010s Contemporary Richard Devore Sculptures
Clay, Stoneware, Glaze
1970s Contemporary Richard Devore Sculptures
Stoneware, Glaze
Late 20th Century Contemporary Richard Devore Sculptures
Stoneware, Glaze