Viola Frey Ceramic Artist

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Viola frey ceramic artist.

Monumental sculptures monumental artist viola frey figure study f fallen man. Receives honorary life award presented by marvin lipofsky at the 34th annual conference of national council on education for the ceramic arts in denver. Viola frey was born in lodi california in 1933 and died in oakland in the summer of 2004. Viola frey was an american sculptor known for her large scale ceramic depictions of men and women.

The center was one of the first places where artists could explore ceramics and all its potential. Center stage supersized on an atrium wall of the di rosa center for contemporary art in napa california and printed on the cover of the exhibition pamphlet is a photograph of the artist in 1996. Someday there will be a proper retrospective of the ceramic artist viola frey who died in oakland calif in 2004 leaving behind not just the polychrome colossi for which she is best known but. Artists legacy foundation is incorporated by cofounders squeak carnwath gary knecht and viola frey.

She stands inside one of her just larger than life ceramic female figures looking steadily at the camera as if to demonstrate that her work is an extension of. Above all frey is a figurative artist who delighted. Viola frey august 15 1933 july 26 2004 was an american artist working in sculpture painting and drawing and professor emerita at california college of the arts she lived and worked in the san francisco bay area and was renowned for her larger than life colorfully glazed clay sculptures of men and women which expanded the traditional boundaries of ceramic sculpture. Find an in depth biography exhibitions original artworks for sale the latest news and sold auction prices.

Over the course of her five decade career viola frey produced an impressive body of artwork including ceramic sculpture bronze sculpture paintings and drawings and explored the mediums of glass wallpaper and photography. Receives honorary doctorate from california college of the arts formerly ccac. View viola frey s 169 artworks on artnet. Frey is best known for her larger than life colorfully glazed ceramic sculptures of men and women.

The first image in viola frey.