Bennett Bean (1941 - ) is an American ceramic artist living in Blairstown, New Jersey. Although commonly described as a studio potter, some would characterize him as a sculptor and painter who works primarily in studio pottery. Bean is best known for his pit-fired white earthenware vessels, especially his collectible, nonfunctional bowls and teapots. His influences have included Japanese pottery, Native American pottery, English pottery in the tradition of Bernard Leach, and modern American pottery, including the work of George Ohr. For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Fixed Partial Denture, or Bridge The word ceramic is derived from the Greek word κεραμικος (keramikos, having to do with pottery). The term covers inorganic non-metallic materials whose formation is due to the action of heat. ... Look up Artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Artist Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. ... Blairstown Township is a township located in Warren County, New Jersey. ... A man shapes pottery as it turns on a wheel. ... A sculpture is a three-dimensional, man-made object selected for special recognition as art. ... A painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. ... The Studio Pottery Movement was started in the early twentieth century by Bernard Leach, who as a reaction to the mass production of cheap crockery, espoused the virtues of the handmade and spent his life promoting the virtues of hand thrown pottery. ... Earthenware is a particularly common type of ceramic material and is used extensively for tableware and decorative objects. ... Vessel can refer to any of the following: Objects Vessel (French vaissel, from a rare Latin vascellum, diminuitive of vas, vase, or urn), a word of somewhat wide application for many objects, the meaning common to them being capacity to hold or contain something. ... Men playing bowls Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Category:Bowls Bowls (also known as Lawn Bowls or Lawn Bowling) is a precision sport where the goal is to roll slightly radially asymmetrical balls (called bowls) closer to a smaller white ball (the jack or kitty) than ones opponent... A Japanese teapot A teapot is a vessel in which to brew tea leaves with boiling water, either inside a tea bag or loose, in which case a tea strainer will be needed to catch the leaves when the tea is poured. ... According to archeological evidence, Japanese pottery is among the earliest in the World, dating back to the 11th millennium BC, marking the beginning of the Jomon period. ... Prior to the coming of Europeans, the peoples of both the North and South American continents had a wide variety of pottery traditions. ... Bernard Howell Leach (1887–1979), a British studio potter. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Bennett Bean pair of painted, glazed, white earthenware pots with 14k gold leaf

Bean was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1941. Bean's father, a medical doctor, was serving in the army at the time of his birth, but went on to become the head of the Department of Internal Medicine at the State University of Iowa in 1949. From that point on, Bean grew up in Iowa City, Iowa. He attended Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa, but transferred to Iowa State University to pursue his art studies. At the State University, Bean studied both drawing and painting, but he was drawn to the ceramics department, seduced by the technique of throwing and attracted by the university's ceramics faculty. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963. After a semester of graduate studies at the University of Washington, where Patti Warashima was also a student, Bean moved to California to continue his art studies at the Claremont Graduate School. At Claremont, he studied under Paul Soldner and received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1966. After graduation, Bean accepted a position teaching ceramics at Wagner College on Staten Island in New York City, where he remained until 1979. At Wagner College, Bean also tried his hand at minimalist sculpture, using plexiglass and cast acrylic. The Whitney Museum of American Art bought one of his minimalist sculptures in 1967 and included him in its Biennial the following year. Despite this success, Bean refocused his work on ceramic vessels. An independent studio artist since 1979, Bean also served as an artist-in-residence at Artpark in Lewiston, New York, in 1980 and at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Indiana in 1981. In 1980, he received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. Later, he served on the faculty at the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. Nickname: The Queen City Motto: Official website: http://www. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 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Although he has worked in other media and other forms, Bean gained considerable success with his pit-fired earthenware bowls. In the mid-1960's, Bean developed a Japanese-influenced style for throwing bowls and other pots. Like other potters of that era, Bean primarily threw simple pots using little surface design other than the sponaneous markings characteristic of the pit-firing technique. Over time, his forms and surface decoration have become more complex, although he has continued to work within the vessel tradition. For example, he has developed numerous post-firing techniques for decorating the pots. Since 1983, he has typically applied 24 karat gold leaf to the bowls' interiors. Similarly, since 1982 he has used acryllic paints as well as various glazes to apply extensive abstract designs to their exteriors. Since the mid-1990's he has typically arranged his bowls in pairs or treos, often painting across them to create the appearance of continuity among separate, independent objects. He has also worked in other ceramic forms and has ventured outside of ceramics to design various other art objects, including pedestals, rugs and garden tools. POTS may mean: Plain old telephone service (aka Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or Post Office Telephone Service or Post Office Telephone System) Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome This article consisting of a 4-letter acronym or initialism is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share... POTS may mean: Plain old telephone service (aka Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or Post Office Telephone Service or Post Office Telephone System) Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome This article consisting of a 4-letter acronym or initialism is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For information on the U.S. borough, see Paint, Pennsylvania. ...

Bean's work appears in the permanent collections of many museums, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in Massachusetts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the Newark Museum in Newark, New Jersey, the New Jersey State Museum in Trenton, New Jersey, the JB Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Paul Gauguin, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? (Doù venons-nous? Que faisons-nous? Où allons-nous?) (1897). ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 44th 10,555 mi²; 27,360 km² 183 mi; 295 km 113 mi; 182 km 13. ... The Philadelphia Museum of Art, located at the west end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphias Fairmount Park, was founded in 1876 in conjunction with the Centennial Exposition of the same year and is now among the largest and most important art museums in the United States. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 33rd 119,283 km² 255 km 455 km 2. ... The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ... Nickname: the District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Official website: http://www. ... Main Building of the Newark Museum The Newark Museum is the largest museum in New Jersey. ... Skyline of downtown Newark as seen from the Newark Bay Bridge. ... Motto: Nickname: Map Political Statistics Founded c. ... The Speed Art Museum is the oldest and largest museum of art in Kentucky. ... Nickname: Derby City or, River City Motto: Official website: http://www. ... Night view of Whitney Museum of American Art The Whitney Museum of American Art is an art gallery and museum in New York City founded in 1931 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. ... Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ...

Sources

James Yood, "Bennett Bean," American Craft, vol. 59 no. 6, (December 1999- January 2000).

Karen S. Chambers, "Not Just Another Pretty Pot," Ceramics: Art and Perception, Issue 29, September 1997.

Michael Monroe, "The White House Collection of American Crafts" (Abrams: 1995).

External link

Artist's web site