Harvey Littleton

Harvey Littleton (b. 1922) is an American academic and glass artist. He is considered the founder of the modern American studio glass movement. 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Glass art includes the creation of stained glass and the making of glass shapes through glass blowing. ...

Littleton was born in Corning, New York. He attended the Brighton School of Art in the United Kingdom and achieved a MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Arts. Initially he chose a career as a potter. He gained recognition for his work at the First International Exposition of Ceramics in Cannes, France. Corning, New York is the name of two places in Steuben County, New York, although it most frequently means the City of Corning. ... Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum. ... The seaside town of Cannes, in southern France, as seen from a ferry speeding towards lîle Saint Honorat Cannes (Canas in Provençal) (pronounced [can] (IPA and SAMPA)) is a city and commune in southern France, located on the French Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes département. ...

Beginning in 1951, he was employed as a professor at the University of Wisconsin, where he taught ceramics. In 1959, he began to investigate the possibilities of glass as a medium. In the summer of 1962, leading a glassblowing seminar at the Toledo Museum of Art, he introduced the idea that glass could be melted, worked, and blown by the artist in a studio, rather than requiring the regimented production process of the glass industry. The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public university located in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown in this ball from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ...

In 1963 he established a glass studio at the university and began to offer a graduate course in glassblowing and glass art. Through this program, he would train many prominent glass artists — among his students were Dale Chihuly, Christopher Ries, Marvin Lipofsky, Erwin Eisch, and Tom McGlauchlin. Sculpting hot blown glass, glowing due to blackbody radiation. ... Dale Chihuly has become famous for his intricate, vividly-colored, eye-catching glasswork. ... Christopher Ries (right) at the installation of his piece Opus. ...

Littleton went on to serve as the chairman of the university's art department until his retirement from teaching in 1976, and in 1977 was named professor emeritus. He has since retired from glassblowing to explore the art of vitreographs — printmaking using glass plates. A professor is a senior teacher and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... Printmaking is a process for producing editions (mutliple copies) of artwork; painting, on the other hand, is a process for producing a single original piece of artwork. ...

Littleton's artwork is exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Corning Museum of Glass, the Smithsonian Institution, the American Craft Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Decorative Arts Museums in both Prague and Vienna. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, often referred to simply as The Met, is one of the worlds largest and most important art museums. ... The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ... Location of Kyoto, on the main island of Japan Kyoto (Japanese: 京都市; Kyōto-shi) is a city in Japan that has a population of 1. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Prague (Czech: Praha (IPA: ), see also other names) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... Inhabitants according to official census figures: 1800 to 2005 Vienna in 1858 UN complex in Vienna, with the non-affiliated Austria Center Vienna in front - picture taken from Danube Tower in nearby Danube Park. ...

He resides in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. Spruce Pine is a town located in Mitchell County, North Carolina. ...

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