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Vintage ceramic decorative plate or bowl features a playful Modernist design of a chicken, hand-painted in off-white textured lava glaze on mocha and espresso brown drip glaze background. The rim of the plate is accented with the lava glaze border with drip elements. The plate is equipped with the original mounting hardware on the bottom; it can be displayed either on a wall or as a shelf or table decor.
The bowl is signed on the bottom with Linn L Phelan impressed into clay and with the original paper sticker. The sticker provides the design number and describes the plate as "12" PLATE ALFRED SHALE glaze Trail Chicken, L. L. Phelan, Almond, N.Y." Alfred shale is a clay shale in Alfred, NY, a small town in Allegany County, Western New York State, that is home to Alfred University and Alfred University's New York State College of Ceramics; the shale was historically mined for clay that was used in ceramics, tiles, and brick production.
Linn Lovejoy Phelan (1906-1992) was a renowned American ceramic artist, who operated famous Rowantrees and Linwood Pottery in Maine. He studied art in Bevier School of Art of the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (now Rochester Institute of Technology) in Rochester, New York, in 1928, and received his BFA in Ceramic Art in Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, in 1932. While attending Ohio State University, Phelan took "Ceramic Art: Survey of the Field" class, taught by Arthur Baggs. After Phelan left the school, he corresponded with Baggs, and in late 1930s Phelan wrote to Baggs of his experiences in helping to start up what becomes Rowantrees Pottery of Blue Hill, Maine. Arthur E. Baggs (1886-1947) studied at Alfred University in 1903-1905 and 1910-1911 with Dr. Charles F. Binns, who was considered "the father of American ceramic art"; Baggs worked at Marblehead Pottery and Cowan Pottery Studio, and became the head of the Ceramic Art Division of the Fine Arts Department at Ohio State University in 1928. Examples of Baggs work are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY; and Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio. Baggs was an extremely influential figure in early American ceramics; he was given the Binns medal for outstanding achievement, made a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society and a member of Keramos. Through Baggs Phelan was exposed to the foundations of technical creativity and advancements in ceramic art in Alfred University, as well as the early 1900s studio pottery movement in America, linking the Arts and Crafts phase of studio pottery to Modernist movement.
In 1940s Phelan started teaching ceramics at School of American Craftsman (SAC), founded by Aileen Osborn Webb at Darthmouth College in 1944; SAC moved to Alfred University in Alfred, New York, in 1946, and to Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in 1950s. In 1940s SAC faculty included Edwin Blanchard Brown, Ernest Frank Brace, Laurits Eichner, Philip Morton, Charles Reese, Ethel Mitchell, Robert Savage, Thomas Mclure, along with Linn Phelan and another renowned ceramist, Herbert Sanders; in early 1950s new additions to the SAC faculty included Copenhagen-trained woodworker Tage Frid and metalworker John Prip, Danish silversmith Hans Christensen, as well as Olin Russum, Vienna-educated member of Austrian "Werkbund" Mitzi Otten, design teacher Fred Meyer, and Bauhaus-trained ceramist Frans Wildenhain; sculptor and woodworker Wendell Castle joined SAC faculty in early 1960s. Through his experiences with SAC Phelan participated in guiding and supporting a new generation of American artists, designers, and craftsman; many SAC students went on to achieve national reputation.
In 1950s, in years after SAC moved to Rochester, Phelan made a decision to return to Allegany County, where he bought a house while teaching at Alfred University, to continue his independent studio work. Phelan reestablished Linwood Pottery in Almond, NY, and continued to operate it for the rest of his life. He was involved in teaching art at Alfred-Almond Central School in Almond, NY, in 1950s-1960s, contributed to cultural initiatives in Maine and New York, and served as president of the New York State Art Teachers Association. Phelan's work can be found in both public and private collections nationwide.
- Creator:Linn Lovejoy Phelan (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 2 in (5.08 cm)Diameter: 12 in (30.48 cm)
- Style:Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1950s-1960s
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:Clifton Springs, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU4421143771622
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