Richard T. Notkin
Illustration — 'Heart Teapot: Homage to Archie Bray', stoneware by Richard Notkin, Metropolitan Museum of Art Richard T. Notkin (born 1948) is an American ceramic artist, known for his reinterpretations of traditional Yixing pottery. He lives in Washington State, but formerly was based in Helena, Montana.
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Richard T. Notkin
- Born
- 1948. · Chicago.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- ceramicist and artist.
- Education
- University of California, Davis and Kansas City Art Institute.
- Honours
- Guggenheim Fellowship and Fellow of the American Craft Council.
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Illustration — 'Heart Teapot: Homage to Archie Bray', stoneware by Richard Notkin, Metropolitan Museum of Art Richard T. Notkin (born 1948) is an American ceramic artist, known for his reinterpretations of traditional Yixing pottery. He lives in Washington State, but formerly was based in Helena, Montana.
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Notkin studied at University of California, Davis and Kansas City Art Institute. Work by Richard T. Notkin is recorded in the collections of Crocker Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship and Fellow of the American Craft Council.
Richard T. Notkin was born on October 1948, in Chicago, Illinois. He earned a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute in 1970, studying under Ken Ferguson. In 1973, he received his MFA from the University of California, Davis, where he studied under Robert Arneson. Notkin lives in Washington State, but formerly was based in Helena, Montana. He is especially known for his shaping of Ancient Chinese Yixing pottery, as a way of expressing his feelings of war, leadership, and culture. His work consistently reflects anti-war and pro-environmentalist themes. His works are often sculptural interpretations of classic ceramic forms like teapots and tile-based murals, but without any functional aspect. His work features a high level of surface detail made with the assistance of complex plaster molds, magnifiers, and a variety of small scale tools.
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What the record establishes about Richard T. Notkin is recorded as having received Guggenheim Fellowship and Fellow of the American Craft Council. The identifiers under which Richard T. Notkin may be traced in institutional catalogues.
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Richard T. Notkin born at Chicago.
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Notkin received Guggenheim Fellowship and Fellow of the American Craft Council.
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Crocker Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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