Viola Frey Furniture

American

She born in 1933, Viola Frey grew up on her family's vineyard in Lodi, California.[2] She received a BFA in 1956 from California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts), where she studied painting with Richard Diebenkorn and ceramics with Vernon "Corky" Coykendall and Charles Fiske.[3] Her fellow students included Robert Arneson, Manuel Neri and Nathan Oliveira.[4] After receiving her bachelor's degree, she attended graduate school at Tulane University and studied with Mark Rothko and George Rickey. She left Tulane in 1957 without receiving her master's degree[5] and moved to New York to work with ceramicist Katherine Choy at the Clay Art Center in Port Chester, New York.[6] The Clay Art Center was one of the earliest venues on the East Coast geared toward artists exploring ceramics as a fine art medium without the functional constraints of craft.[3] Career Frey returned to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1960 where she became an internationally respected artist and a leading figure in contemporary ceramics. She was well known for her monumental, brightly colored ceramic sculptures, which explored issues of gender, cultural iconography and art history. Along with Robert Arneson and Peter Voulkos, Frey reshaped and defined the use of ceramics as a fine art medium through her robust sculptures. "Frey was one of a number of California artists working in clay in the 1950s and 60s who turned away from that medium's conventions to produce works with robust sculptural qualities associated with Abstract Expressionist painting, Pop art and what would come to be known as California Funk."[7] "Viola has had a profound impact on the visual arts. She was able to take the culture surrounding her and reform those elements into a totally original form of sculpture that defined one of the great contributions to modern art," commented Michael S. Roth, former President of the California College of the Arts.[8]

Creator: Viola Frey

Monumental Figural Family Group Sculpture by Viola Frey

$95,000

Monumental Figural Family Group Sculpture by Viola Frey

By Viola Frey

Located in Dallas, TX

Multidisciplinary Californian artist Viola Frey (1933-2004) excelled as a painter, a potter, a sculptor and an educator. As a ceramicist she was a pioneer in the California Funk Move...

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1990s Viola Frey Furniture

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Ceramic

Monumental Figurative Wire Iron Sculpture, Female Figure Titled "DOMINATRIX

$4,200

H 86 in W 34 in D 22 in

Monumental Figurative Wire Iron Sculpture, Female Figure Titled "DOMINATRIX

By (after) Alexander Calder

Located in Buffalo, NY

Monumental figurative wire iron sculpture, female figure titled "DOMINATRIX, amazing skilled artist, great sense of the human female form. Hand delivery avail to New York City or any...

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1970s American Folk Art Vintage Viola Frey Furniture

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Iron, Wrought Iron

Monumental Continental Horse Sculpture

$19,950

H 51 in W 21 in D 24.75 in

Monumental Continental Horse Sculpture

Located in Dallas, TX

Very impressive plaster reproduction of a classical Trojan horse artifact housed in the British Museum in London. Most likely executed in the early 20th century by a gipsoteca (plast...

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Early 20th Century Viola Frey Furniture

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Plaster, Resin

Monumental Lucite Sculpture by Norman Mercer

Sold|~~$10,000~~

H 22.75 in W 20.5 in D 8.5 in

Monumental Lucite Sculpture by Norman Mercer

By Norman Mercer

Located in Miami, FL

Amazing to say the least. This Lucite sculpture is colorful as well as having a substantial presence and unexpected design. Multiple radial pieces are arranged in a concentric design...

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1990s American Viola Frey Furniture

Polar Bear Family Sculpture

$1,318Sale Price / item|20% Off

H 9.85 in W 15.36 in D 7.49 in

Polar Bear Family Sculpture

Located in Paris, FR

Sculpture Polar Bear Family with all structure in porcelain in blue matte and shiny gold finish.

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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Viola Frey Furniture

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Porcelain

Monumental Sculpture by A. d. S.P

$36,129

H 98.43 in W 51.19 in D 12.6 in

Monumental Sculpture by A. d. S.P

Located in Saint-Ouen (PARIS), FR

Monumental abstract sculpture in patinated metal with a travertine stone base. Creation signed by the french artist A.d.S.P. France, 2022.

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21st Century and Contemporary French Mid-Century Modern Viola Frey Furniture

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Travertine, Metal

Lovely Group of Porcelain Kaiser/Rosenthal-Germany Björn Wiinblad, Manfred Frey

$2,350 / set

H 9.25 in W 6 in D 6 in

Lovely Group of Porcelain Kaiser/Rosenthal-Germany Björn Wiinblad, Manfred Frey

By Bjorn Wiinblad

Located in Round Rock, TX

A lovely grouping of porcelain bisque vases for Kaiser Germany and Rosenthal “Studio Line” c.1970s. The decorative forms looked so good as a whole, we decided to offer them together....

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1970s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Viola Frey Furniture

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Porcelain

$4,900

H 28 in W 37 in D 20 in

Monumental Plaster Sculpture

Located in Los Angeles, CA

This large work of art molded during the early 1900's is signed by the artist. The winged bearded man is in good condition for its age, and on a solid wood structure. The sculpture...

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