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Dane Burr

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

Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, North Carolina

Bibliography

“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).

 

 

 

Center for CraftSouthern Highland Craft Guild

 

Typical Marks
2000
Santa
Date: 2000
Form: Sculpture
Materials: Porcelain
Method: Slip-Cast
Surface Technique: Glaze
Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection, 2005.1
Photo: Southern Highland Craft Guild
Southern Highland Craft Guild Collection, 2005.1
Photo: Southern Highland Craft Guild
Photo: Southern Highland Craft Guild

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Tags

Southern Highland Craft Guild, Center for Craft Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Thelma Frazier Winter, Cleveland Institute of Art, Victor Schreckengost

 

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