Harvey K. Littleton

born Corning, New York, 1922; died Spruce Pine, North Carolina, 2013

BiographyHarvey K. Littleton received his Bachelors of Design at the University of Michigan and his Master of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of the Arts. He then began teaching ceramics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 1962, he taught a groundbreaking seminar at the Toledo Museum of Art that introduced the idea that glass could be worked in the studio by the artist. In 1963, he established a graduate course and glass studio at the University of Wisconsin that attracted students such as Marvin Lipofsky (born 1938) and Dale Chihuly (born 1941). Littleton’s work can be found in numerous prestigious public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, England, the Smithsonian Institution and the Metropolitan Museum of Art among others.

New York Times obituary:
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/05/arts/design/harvey-k-littleton-pioneer-in-glassworks-dies-at-91.html

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