Robert Glover

1936Born

EDUCATION

1956AA Chaffey Junior College, Ontario, Canada

1957Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles, California

1960BFA and MFA, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1962-2001Instructor/Professor, Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California

1979Teacher color and design, Otis/Parsons School of Design (now Otis Art Institute School of Art and Design)

BIOGRAPHY

 Robert Glover is known for hand-built vessel forms. At times the forms are functional, most often they are sculptural based on the vessel form. In 2006 Glover began creating slab, coiled and pinch-constructed sculptural forms. Earthenware is the most often used clay. Surface treatments include carving, sprayed and splattered underglazes layered with brushed on designs of terra sigillata. The surfaces are burnished with smooth river stones.

Glover studied with Tony Ivins at Chaffey Junior College and with Peter Voulkos and Helen Watson at Otis.

Public Collections

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California

Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California

Bibliography

Conrad, John W. Contemporary Ceramic Techniques. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1979.

Krantz, Les. American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of American Contemporary Artists. Les Krantz Publisher, 1985.

“News and Retrospect: Robert Glover.” Ceramics Monthly (June, July, August 1984).

Nigrosh, Leon. Sculpting Clay. Worcester, MA: Davis Publications, 1992.

 

Website: www.rglover.com

 

 

Southern Highland Craft Guild