Viola Frey

Viola Frey received Fellow of the American Craft Council. Work by Viola Frey is held by Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

13 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1837 to 1990.

Western Civilization, Drawing #3, dated 1987, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1993.494. Self Portrait with Toys, dated 1981, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 2013.85.2. Old Woman and Venus, dated 1982, held by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, inventory 2000.17. Junkman, Bricoleur, dated 1977, held by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, inventory 80.169.A-C. Lady in Blue and Yellow Dress, dated 1983, held by Smithsonian American Art Museum, inventory 1994.37.2A-G. Anne Scott Plummer, dated 1989. It's all part of the clay. Viola Frey, dated 1983. Double Grandmothers with Black and White Dresses, dated 1982, glazed ceramic, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1991.281a-h. The Tooth Puller, dated 1837, lithograph on white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1944.473. Her Routine Was Predictable, dated 1984/86, chromogenic print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1992.667. There Was a Terrrible Unreality, dated 1984/86, chromogenic print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1992.668. Untitled, dated 1990, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1990.601.15.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 6 named public collections.

Smithsonian American Art Museum: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Viola Frey, Contemporary American Women Sculptors, 1986. Frey, Viola (1933–2004)., Historical Dictionary of Contemporary Art, 2017. Bigger, better, more: the art of Viola Frey, Choice Reviews Online, 2009. Kinship Structures: Viola Frey, Charles Fiske, and Figurative Ceramics in California, Archives of American Art Journal, 2024.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 6 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Viola Frey studied at San Joaquin Delta College and European Ceramics Work Center.

The field of work recorded is ceramic art.

Employment is recorded with California College of the Arts.

Work by Viola Frey is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the American Craft Council.