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1918 Born Bangor, Maine
1998 Died Brooklandville, Maryland
EDUCATION
1940 BA University of Southern California, Santa Barbara, California
1948 MFA Claremont Universities, Claremont, California
APPRENTICESHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
1962, 1963 and 1965 Artist in Residence, Towson University, Towson, Maryland
PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE
1946-1948-Chaffey College, Ontario, Canada
1948-1951- School of the American Craftsman, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York
1953—Studio potter
Teacher Pottery classes, Baltimore Museum of Art
Biography
Olin Russum is known for work which ranges from functional pieces with sculptural references to non-functional ceramic sculptures.
His functional work was typically thrown, often altered, and finished with classic over glazes. The sculptural pieces were given applied clay surfaces reminiscent of fish scales. He was perhaps best known for large bas-relief wall murals some of these had 3-dimentional sculptural forms emerging from the surface.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Lang Gallery, Claremont Universities, Claremont, California
Montevideo Museum and Library, Montevideo, Uruguay
Museo Internaxionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
Rochester Museum of Art, Rochester, New York
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Citation: "The Marks Project." Last modified April 5, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/marks/russum