Frans Wildenhain 1950-75: Creative and Commercial American Ceramics at Mid-Century

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Frans Wildenhain 1950-75: Creative and Commercial American Ceramics at Mid-Century by Bruce A. Austin with photography by A. Sue Weisler and essays by Jonathan Clancy and Becky Simmons, is an in-depth analysis of Frans Wildenhain and his role in mid-century studio ceramics, university education in handcrafts and his innovative and entrepreneurial role in merchandizing crafts.

 

Product Details
  • Hard cover with dust jacket, 10" x 9"

  • 256 pages, 20+ black & white archival photos

  • More than 150 original color photos

  • ISBN 978-0-615-64527-8

  • Publication Date: August 15, 2012

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About the Artist
Rochester Institute of Technology
School of Communication/Director of RIT Press

A professor in the College of Liberal Arts since 1976, Bruce Austin was curator for the RIT exhibit "The American Arts & Crafts Movement in Western New York, 1900-1920" as well as the "Frans Wildenhain, 1950-75" exhibition at Bevier Gallery and Dyer Art Center. Currently, he is Director of RIT Press, the Institute's scholarly book publishing enterprise.