The Marks Project - A Marks Dictionary of American Studio Pottery, 1946 to Present

Rex Mason

1921 Born Madison, Wisconsin

2014 Died Santa Fe, New Mexico

EDUCATION

—Layton School of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

1946-1948 California School of Fine Arts, (now San Francisco Art Institute), San Francisco, California

—Mills College, Oakland, California

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

—United States Marine Corp

1950 Montana State College, Bozeman, Montana

1952-1955 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

BIOGRAPHY

Rex Mason studied with Carlton Ball, Hal Reigger, Whitney Atchley, and David Park. Throughout his career he produced wheel-thrown stoneware functional pieces, often with one all over glaze. At times he used surface technique of sgraffito or porcelain inlays.

Public Collections

Museum of Arts and Design, New York, New York

 

 

 

Center for CraftSouthern Highland Craft Guild

 

Typical Marks
1950-1960
1960
1963
Covered Jar
Date: 1950-1960
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection
Bowl
Date: 1954
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze, Sgraffito
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection
Covered Jar
Date: 1960
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered, Carved
Surface Technique: Glaze
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection
Footed Bowl
Date: 1963
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown and Altered, Carved
Surface Technique: Glaze
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection

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Tags

Archie Bray Foundation, Scripps College Ceramic Annual

 

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