Irwin A. Whitaker

1919 Born Wirt, Oklahoma

2009 Died Austin, Texas

EDUCATION

MFA Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

----WWII Veteran

----Faculty, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

1950-1980 Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

BIOGRAPHY

Irwin A. Whitaker is best known for pottery and vessel forms. Surface techniques included incised geometric patterns and basic line work in the leather hard stage. Glazes appear in a variety of earth toned colors, blacks, and whites.

In the 1970's Whitaker traveled extensively to Mexican villages that specialize in pottery. He later co-authored a book on his research.

 

 

Public Collections

Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California

Bibliography

Whitaker, Irwin, and Emily Whitaker. A Potter's Mexico. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1978.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Highland Craft Guild