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John Fassbinder

Biography to Display: 

Born 1931 Washington State

Died 2014

 

EDUCATION

—BA University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

—MFA Scripps College/ Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

—Studio Potter

—Instructor, Central Washington State University, Ellensburg, Washington

Late 1940sInstructor, Chouinard Art Institute, now California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, California

—Instructor, Citrus College, Glendora, California

—Instructor, Scripps College, Claremont, California

—Instructor, Painting and drawing, Pomona College, Claremont, California

BIOGRAPHY

 John Fassbinder is known for a full range of wheel-thrown stoneware functional pottery forms. A dominant surface decoration on the light ground, predominate his production. Surface techniques include textured areas, clay-on-clay decoration, colored glazes, underglaze pencil, and glaze brushwork painting.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display: 

American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, California

Scripps College, Claremont, California

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bibliography to Display: 

Levin, Elaine. “John Fassbinder.” Ceramics Monthly 27, No. 9 (November 1979).

Lynn, Martha Drexler. American Studio Ceramics: Innovation and Identity, 1940 to 1979. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015.

 

 

 

Center for CraftCenter For Craft

 

 

AMOCA American Museum of Ceramic ArtAMOCA American Museum of Ceramic Art

 

Typical Marks

Signature in oxide across foot with 3chops on side wall just above the foot or on foot-rim.

1965
ca 1965
ca 1970 - 1974
ca 1970-1980
ca 1988
ca 1988
Bottle
Date: 1965
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
E. John Bullard Collection
E. John Bullard Collection
Covered Jar with Two Handles
Date: ca 1965
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered, Carved
Surface Technique: Glaze, Inlaid
E. John Bullard Collection
E. John Bullard Collection
Platter
Date: ca 1970-1974
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Thrown
Dimensions: 7.5 inches in diameter
American Museum of Ceramic Art, gift of The American Ceramic Society, 2004.2.160
Photo: TMP
American Museum of Ceramic Art, gift of The American Ceramic Society, 2004.2.160
Photo: TMP
1970 - 1974
Photo: TMP
Plate with Agapanthus
Date: ca 1988
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
E. John Bullard Collection
E. John Bullard Collection
Covered Box
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
Photo: Hayne Bayless
Photo: Hayne Bayless
Square Vase with Four Necks
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Slab-Built
Surface Technique: Glaze
Scripps College Collection, MFA 27
Photo: TMP
Scripps College Collection, MFA 27
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Square Vase
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Slab-Built
Surface Technique: Glaze
Scripps College Collection, MFA 50
Photo: TMP
Scripps College Collection, MFA 50
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

Citation: Clark, Donald. "The Marks Project." Last modified June 7, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/fassbinder

TAGS

Scripps College Collection, American Museum of Ceramic Art, AMOCA, American Ceramic Society, AcerS, Center for Craft, CfC