Mary Chase Perry Stratton

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Mary Chase Perry Stratton
Born
Mary Chase Perry

(1867-03-15)March 15, 1867
Hancock, Michigan
DiedApril 15, 1961(1961-04-15) (aged 94)
SpouseWilliam Stratton
A glazed earthenware bottle by Mary Chase Perry Stratton

Mary Chase Perry Stratton (March 15, 1867 – April 15, 1961) was an American

tiles.[1]

Biography

Stratton was born in

Detroit Museum of Art. She followed that up with two years of studies at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, from 1887 to 1889, where she studied with the regionally important sculptor and educator Louis Rebisso.[1]

Returning to Detroit she founded the

Carriage House behind the Ransom Gillis House, on John R Street, to a new building designed by Detroit architect William Stratton located on Jefferson Avenue, where the business still thrives. In 1918, she married William Stratton.[1]

She died on April 15, 1961.

Legacy

Under her leadership, Pewabic Pottery produced architectural tiles, lamps and vessels. The

Cathedral Church of St. Paul, the crypt church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception,[4] the Fisher Building, and Eliel Saarinen's Kingswood School for Girls.[5]

Pewabic Pottery is Michigan's only historic pottery. It is designated a National Historic Landmark.

Stratton established the ceramics department at the University of Michigan and taught there. She taught also at Wayne State University. In 1947, she received the highest award in the American ceramic field, namely the Charles Fergus Binns Medal.[2]

Her art was exhibited at the Detroit Art Club in 1995. She was a charter member of the Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptors.[6]

Today Pewabic Pottery offers classes, workshops, lectures, and internships for potters of all ages.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Nolan, Jenny (February 13, 2000). "Michigan History: Pewabic tile, Detroit's art treasure". The Detroit News. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  2. ^ a b Craft in America, Mary Chase Perry Stratton
  3. ^ Zacharias, Pat (March 10, 2001). "Michigan History: Guardian Building has long been the crown jewel in the Detroit skyline". The Detroit News. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  4. ^ Her tiles ornament and are laid as field tiles on vaults constructed by Rafael Guastavino "National shrine contains unusual American artwork"
  5. ^ Andrews, Wayne (rev. ed. 1982). Architecture in Michigan, p. 153. Wayne State University Press.
  6. ^ Gibson, Arthur Hopkins. Artists of Early Michigan: A Biographical Dictionary of Artists Native to or Active in Michigan, 1701-1900. (Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press, 1975), p. 195.

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