Laura Andreson

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Laura Andreson
Laura Andreson unloading a kiln, c. 1962
Born1902
San Bernardino, California
DiedAugust 16, 1999
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles,
Columbia University
Known forCeramics

Laura Andreson (1902

ceramic artist and educator at University of California Los Angeles.[1]

Life and career

Andreson graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles summa cum laude in 1932 with a bachelor's degree in education. She completed her MFA at Columbia University in 1937 through an intensive summer program.[2] Andreson taught in the art department at University of California, Los Angeles from 1933 to 1970. She founded the ceramics program at the university in 1933 through the art education department.

Honolulu Academy of Art. In 1946, the Museum of Modern Art bought a piece of her work for their permanent collection; this was one of the first craft pieces made by a living artists purchased for the museum's collection.[3] Andreson is credited with teaching more than 5,000 students while at UCLA.[5]

In her early career, Andreson worked primarily in low-fire

Mills College and Gertrude Natzler in Los Angeles.[4] An accidental reduction firing in her Denver Kiln in 1948 lead to her beginning to work in stoneware. In 1957, Andreson began working in porcelain, which previously had been used primarily in commercial production in the United States. By the end of the decade, she had become the West Coast expert on porcelain among studio potters.[3] Porcelain was her primary medium for the remainder of her career. Her production was deeply influenced by travels to Scandinavia and East Asia.[5]

Laura Andreson's creative process differed radically from other potters. Instead of starting with the creation of the vessel form, Andreson began with glazes and then decided what kind of form was best suited for the glaze.[6]

Her papers are held at the Archives of American Art.[7][8]

Andreson's work can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Everson Museum of Art, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Walker Art Center, and the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art.[6] Her work, Bowl, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.[9]

References

  1. ^ Suzanne Muchnic (August 17, 1999). "Laura Andreson; Renowned Artist Headed UCLA Ceramics Department". The Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ "Craft in America". Archived from the original on January 23, 2014.
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  6. ^ a b "Andreson | The Marks Project". www.themarksproject.org. Retrieved 2018-04-13.
  7. ^ "Summary of the Laura Andreson papers, 1902-1991 | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution". www.aaa.si.edu. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Ceramics Today - Laura Andreson Papers". www.ceramicstoday.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
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