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Paul Volckening

1928Born Minneola, New York

2016Died Santa Fe, New Mexico

EDUCATION

1951First pottery class, The College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California

1953-1955MA Mills College, Oakland, California

APPRENTICESHIPS & RESIDENCIES

1951,1951-1954,1955Residencies, Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana

1958-1959Fulbright Grant, Arabia Pottery Factory, Helsinki, Finland

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

1954-1960Teacher, California Adult Education Program, Berkeley, California

1954-1960Teacher, Recreation Programs Studios One and Two, Oakland, California

1960sArt Department, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico

 

Paul Volckening is known for a wide range of often large-scale domestic objects. Pieces are wheel-thrown and typically glazed one color or multicolored in an abstract expressionist style.

Volckening studied with Tony Prieto at Mills College.

Public Collections

Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York

Bibliography

Lynn, Martha Drexler. American Studio Ceramics: Innovation and Identity, 1940-1979. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. 2015.

Orem, Elizabeth, Dr. Robert Bell, et. al. A Fine Frenzy: New Mexico Highlands University Artists and Teachers in the 1960s. Bell Tower Editions, 2013.

 

 

 

Center for CraftSouthern Highland Craft Guild

 

Typical Marks
ca 1960
1960-1970
2005
Vase
Date: ca 1960
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze, Sgraffito
E. John Bullard Collection
E. John Bullard Collection
Covered Vessel
Date: 1960-1970
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection
Vase
Date: 2005
Materials: Stoneware
Method: Thrown
Surface Technique: Glaze
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection
The Forrest L. Merrill Collection

Citation: Clark, Donald. "The Marks Project." Last modified March 19, 2023. http://www.themarksproject.org:443/print/marks/volckening

Tags

Las Vegas, New Mexico, large scale, Tony Prieto

 

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