Jack Earl Ceramics Artist

The ceramic sculpture of jack earl.

Jack earl ceramics artist.

1934 come for all things are ready ceramic wood oil paint collection of the artist jack earl has been described as a storyteller in clay with his sculptures depicting everyday life revealing careful observation and keen wit. Jack earl was born in uniopolis ohio in 1934. The retrospective is robust with porcelain portraits. Sherrie gallerie is a contemporary art gallery located in the short north arts district of columbus ohio.

In the mid 1960 s jack earl was introduced to the world of european figurative ceramics through illustrated books in the toledo museum of art s library an art education and ceramics teacher at the museum he was particularly attracted by the watteau like painted porcelain figurines manufactured at meissen during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Museum of contemporary crafts of the american crafts council 1971. View jack earl s artworks on artnet. Learn about the artist and find an in depth biography exhibitions original artworks the latest news and sold auction prices.

The ceramic artist jack earl is featured in jack earl. I wanted to become well known in the craft community says earl who knew what some of his peers there were creating as he pursued his master s degree at ohio state university. John michael kohler arts center 1987. Modern master a retrospective at the springfield museum of art.

Porcelains by jack earl. After graduating earl taught at the art institute at the toldeo museum of art and later accepted a position at virginia commonwealth university. The ceramic sculpture of jack earl. Jack earl born august 2 1934 in uniopolis ohio is an american ceramic artist and former teacher known for drawing inspiration from his home state of ohio to create rural pieces with meticulous craftsmanship and astute details to where you could smell the air hear the silence and swat the flies although his works hint at highly personal intellectual and narrative themes in an.

Earl jack and bruce. In august of 1974 earl and fellow ceramic artist tom ladousa were the first residents of what would become kohler s art industry residency program. An interview with jack earl conducted june 19 and 20 2007 by jane milosch for the archives of american art s nanette l. Jack earl american b.

He graduated from bluffton university with a major in ceramics then received a masters in ceramics from the ohio state university. He had been a high school art teacher then a graduate student in art but by the mid 1960s jack earl was looking for something else. Laitman documentation project for craft and decorative arts in america is.