Ethel Julia Bouffleaur

Biography to Display:

EDUCATION

1920 BA University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

1925 MA University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1922-1924 Instructor of Art, Iowa State College (now Iowa State University), Ames, Iowa

1928 Director of Art, State Teacher’s College, Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Julia C. G. Piatt Memorial Fellowship: Studied elementary art education in France and school of Professor Granz Cizek, Vienna, Austria to develop technique of approach to free expression in children’s art.

BIOGRAPHY

Ethel Julia Bouffleur is known for stoneware pottery with decorative natural imagery, such as landscapes, trees, and leaves glazed with solid matte colors.

In the 1920s, Bouffleur helped develop the ceramics program at Iowa State College, now Iowa State University. Her interest in childhood education is shown in her work with both Professor Erwin Christensen and Theodore Karwoski of the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Bouffleur received The Julia C. G. Piatt Memorial Fellowship, which was used to study elementary art education in France and the school of Professor Granz Cizek, Vienna, Austria to develop technique of approach to free expression in children’s art.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display:

Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display:

Caulum, Vera. “Who’s There and Where.” The Iowa Homemaker, vol. 8, no. 2, 1928, Iowa State University: Digital Repository.https://core.ac.uk/download/83023295.pdf

Last accessed October 29, 2022.

“Iowa College Pottery.” Iowa State University: University Museums. https://emuseum.its.iastate.edu/people/1452/iowa-college-pottery/object

Last accessed October 29, 2022.

Artist's Studio: Iowa College Pottery

Typical Marks

Marks include an early version of the ISC (Iowa State College) impressed logo and a later impressed monogram of the artist, JE, in a circle.