Dane Burr

Biography to Display:

1925 Born Cleveland, Ohio

2013 Died Asheville, North Carolina

EDUCATION

1949 BFA Illustration Cleveland Institute of Art

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1949—Studio Potter

1970’s Teacher, Cleveland Board of Education Supplemental Educational Center

1980’s The Burr Gallery of American Craft, St. Augustine, Florida

—Burr Studio, St. Augustine, Florida

1995—Burr Studio, Waynesville, North Carolina

BIOGRAPHY

Dane Burr is known for animal sculptures which, as his work matured, became simplified. Influenced by Victor Schreckengost, Burr studied ceramics with Thelma Frazier Winter at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Initially he studied illustration and painting.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display:

Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display:

“Art Season Kicks Off with Waynesville Gallery Tour.” Asheville Citizen-Times, June 3, 2004.

Hersey, Joan. “The Burrs at Work (or is it Play?). Skylight.

“North Carolina’s New Art Hub.” Blue Ridge Country, (May/June 2007).