James Lovera

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1920Born

2015 Died

EDUCATION

UnknownCalifornia School of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California

BIOGRAPHY

James Lovera’s fascination with the bowl form led him to produce a large focused body of work. He used porcelain to throw his perfect paper thin walled pieces that flare out from a tiny ring foot. The types of glazes he used are direct opposites although both reference the natural world he saw around him. They can range from the textural crater glazes for which he is perhaps most well-known to glossy Asian inspired glazes in vivid colors.

Early on he spent time with Margurete Wildenhain at Pond Farm, California. Lovera credits Wildenhain's work ethic as an important influence on his studio practice.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Public Collections to Display:

Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California

Helsinki Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, Finland

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California

Mesa Arts Center, Me

Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina

Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Museum of Contemporary Ceramics, Shigaraki, Japan

National Museum of History, Republic of China, Taipei, Taiwan

Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum,Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Brown, Claudia and Robert D. Mowry. Ancient China-Modern Clay: Chinese Influences on Five Ceramic Artists. Phoenix, AZ: Phoenix Art Museum, 1994.

Lovera, James. Craters from Fire: Ceramics of James Lovera. Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Museum, 2006.

Lynn, Martha Drexler. Clay Today: Contemporary Ceramists and Their Work. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1990.

Moore, Eudorah M., Suzanne Baizerman, Jo Lauria and Toni Greenbaum. California Design: The Legacy of West Coast Craft and Style. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2005.

Peterson, Susan. The Craft and Art of Clay. New York, NY: Prentice Hall, 1995.

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