Richard E. DeVore, also written as Richard De Vore (1933 – 2006) was an American ceramicist, professor. He was known for stoneware. He was faculty at

Cranbrook Academy of Art The Cranbrook Educational Community is an education, research, and public museum complex in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. This National Historic Landmark was founded in the early 20th century by newspaper mogul George Gough Booth. It consists of C ...

’s Ceramics Department, from 1966 to 1978.

Background and education

Richard E. DeVore was born in

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on April 27, 1933. He earned a bachelor of education degree with an art major from the

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in 1955, and received a master of fine arts degree from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1957. While in Michigan, he studied ceramics under

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, an influential Finnish-born American ceramist.

Career

In 1966, DeVore became head of the ceramics department at Cranbrook Academy of Art. He joined the Colorado State University art faculty in 1978 where he continued teaching until 2004. In 1987, DeVore was installed as a fellow of the

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. Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, he was known for simple, organic forms finished in dull glazes that suggest polished stones, sun-bleached bones, or even translucent skin.

Death

DeVore died from

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from transformed, malign ...

in Fort Collins, Colorado on June 25, 2006.

Collections

DeVore's ceramic works are represented at the following museum collections:

References

External links

Examples of DeVore's work at the Frank Lloyd Gallery
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