Richard DeVore

Richard E. DeVore, also written as Richard De Vore^[2][3] (1933 – 2006) was an American ceramicist, professor. He was known for stoneware.^[4] He was faculty at Cranbrook Academy of Art’s Ceramics Department, from 1966 to 1978.

Richard E. DeVore
Born	(1933-04-27)April 27, 1933[1] Toledo, Ohio, U.S.
Died	June 25, 2006(2006-06-25) (aged 73) Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.
Other names	Richard De Vore
Education	University of Toledo, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Occupation(s)	cermacist, professor

Background and education

Untitled (#403), multi-glazed stoneware by Richard DeVore, 1983, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Richard E. DeVore was born in Toledo, Ohio on April 27, 1933.^[1][5] He earned a bachelor of education degree with an art major from the University of Toledo in 1955, and received a master of fine arts degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1957.^[5][6] While in Michigan, he studied ceramics under Maija Grotell,^[5][7] an influential Finnish-born American ceramist.

Career

In 1966, DeVore became head of the ceramics department at Cranbrook Academy of Art. He joined the Colorado State University art faculty in 1978 where he continued teaching until 2004.

In 1987, DeVore was installed as a fellow of the American Craft Council. Based in Fort Collins, Colorado,^[8] he was known for simple, organic forms finished in dull glazes that suggest polished stones, sun-bleached bones, or even translucent skin.

Death

DeVore died from lung cancer in Fort Collins, Colorado on June 25, 2006.^[5][9]

Collections

DeVore's ceramic works are represented at the following museum collections:

• American Craft Museum, New York
• Arizona State University Art Museum
• Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
• Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Holland
• Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
• Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
• Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
• Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, Missouri
• Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware^[10]
• Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
• Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
• Eastern Michigan University, Art Gallery, Ypsilanti, Michigan
• Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York
• Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan^[11]
• Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University at Logan, Utah
• High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia^[12]
• John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
• Kestner-Museum, Hanover, Germany
• Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Champaign, Illinois
• Kruithuis Museum, The Netherlands
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California^[3]
• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York^[13]
• M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, California
• Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota^[14]
• Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina
• Museum of Art, University of Iowa, Iowa City
• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, Texas^[15]
• National Collection of Contemporary Art, Paris, France
• Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
• Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania^[16]
• Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska
• Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC^[5]
• St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri^[17]
• University of Colorado Museum of Natural History, Boulder, Colorado
• University of Michigan Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England^[18]
• Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

References

1. "Ontdek beeldhouwer Richard DeVore". RKD – Netherlands Institute for Art History (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-08-23.
2. Richard De Vore. Cranbrook Art Museum. 2008. ISBN 978-0-9668577-7-1.
3. "Untitled #876". LACMA Collections. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
4. "Richard DeVore". AskArt.com. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
5. "Richard DeVore". Home Smithsonian American Art Museum Smithsonian American Art Museum and Renwick Gallery Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
6. "Contemporary American Ceramics". JCCC Digital Department, Johnson County Community College. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
7. Marter, Joan M. (2011). The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. Oxford University Press. p. 432. ISBN 978-0-19-533579-8.
8. Artist DeVore transcended clay’s limits – The Denver Post Retrieved 2017-03-07.
9. "Artist DeVore transcended clay's limits". The Denver Post. 2006-06-27. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
10. "Richard E. DeVore". Delaware Art Museum. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
11. "Untitled". Flint Institute of Arts. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
12. "Diagram, Richard DeVore American, 1933–2006". High Museum of Art. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
13. "#740 1994". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
14. "Richard De Vore". Mia. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
15. "Richard DeVore, Vessel". Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH).
16. "Bowl". Philadelphia Museum of Art. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
17. "Untitled, Richard DeVore, American, 1933–2006". Saint Louis Art Museum. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
18. "Vase, DeVore, Richard". Victoria and Albert Museum. 1985. Retrieved 2021-08-23.

External links

• Examples of DeVore's work at the Frank Lloyd Gallery