Grotell in NY (New York)

Adam S Grotell, age 40, Aventura, FL View Details

Cities: Aventura FL, Brooklyn NY, Binghamton NY Possible Relatives: Lauren A Berliner, Bernard Grotell, Brittany L Grotell

Alfred Grotell, age 62, Smithtown, NY View Details

Cities: Smithtown NY, Boynton Beach FL Possible Relatives: Jonathan David Grotell, Kenneth E Grotell, Marisa Fisher Grotell

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Maija Grotell: Revolutionary Craft in 20th Century America • syracuse.edu

Otherwise known as the "Mother of American Ceramics," Maija Grotell was a prolific and influential ceramist and educator. She was a revolutionary figure in the ceramics world. Born in Helsinki, Finland in 1899, Grotell became a naturalized American citizen in 1934 after moving to the States to pursue her career in ceramics. - Syracuse University Libraries

Grotell - The Marks Project • themarksproject.org

Grotell developed copper reds, ash glazes, intense blues and crackle glazes. She discovered that using a Bristol-type glaze over Albany slip created pits and pin holes unaffected by firing. She worked to control this phenomena resulting in her prize winning Leopard Skin vase (1949).

Maija Grotell | Bowl with fish - The Metropolitan Museum of Art • metmuseum.org

The Finnish-born Maija Grotell was one of the most influential potters working in the vessel tradition during the 1930s and 1940s. Even though a relatively large number of women had played important roles in the Art Pottery movement of the early twentieth Century, few female ceramists were active between the wars.

The Potter Who Helped Shape Cranbrook Architecture • metropolismag.com

Grotell's glaze testing for the GM Tech Center pushed the boundaries of what had previously been achieved and was available in the marketplace at the time. While Alexander Girard was the consultant responsible for the bold, primary color scheme, "Grotell formulated how to get those colors, coming up with something that would perform well ...

Maija Grotell | Vase | American | The Metropolitan Museum of Art • metmuseum.org

Maija Grotell was one of the most significant potters working independently during the late 1930s. Although a relatively large number of women played important roles in the art pottery movement in the early twentieth century, few female ceramist were active between the first and second World War. Grotell was one of the exceptions.

Maija Grotell - ARTe • arteforeverybody.com

In 1938 Maija Grotell arrived at Cranbrook Academy of Art and met the star professor, famed architect, Eliel Saarinen. With their Scandinavian heritage and minimalistic design tendencies, Grotell and Saarinen formed a creative bond. More important, Saarinen became her protector as the last shining layers were added to her life and work.

Maija Grotell - Craft in America • craftinamerica.org

Maija Grotell. Maija Grotell was an innovative Finnish-American ceramicist and educator who made important contributions to the development of pottery as a contemporary art form.

Vessel - The Art Institute of Chicago • artic.edu

Maija Grotell (American, born Finland, 1899-19730 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. About this artwork. Finnish-born Maija Grotell was a pioneering figure in elevating work in clay as fine art. In 1938 Grotell was hired to teach ceramics at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, where she built an artistic practice throwing forms on a potter's wheel that ...

Maija Grotell — OBJECTS: USA 2024 • r-and-company.com

Equally significant was the way that Grotell exemplified ceramics as a paradigmatically modernist medium. She approached her work as a series of rigorous formal experiments, building toward a consummate expression of each research phase, then moving on to a new idea. The vase shown here dates to the 1950s (as did the piece included in the ...