Michael Higgins (September 29, 1908 in

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– February 13, 1999 in

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) was an American glass artist.

Life

He was a

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Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, ...

, and studied at

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, and the London Central School of Arts and Crafts. Emigrating to the US in 1939, he worked as a Lend-Lease programmer for India during World War II. Following the war, he became Head of Visual Design at the

Chicago Institute of Design Institute of Design (ID) at the Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech), founded as the New Bauhaus, is a graduate school teaching systemic, human-centered design. History The Institute of Design at Illinois Tech is a school of design ...

, where one of his students was Frances Stewart. He married Frances in 1948, and together they founded the Higgins Glass studio. His work is in the

Renwick Gallery The Renwick Gallery is a branch of the Smithsonian American Art Museum located in Washington, D.C. that displays American craft and decorative arts from the 19th to 21st century. The gallery is housed in a National Historic Landmark building that ...

. His papers are at the

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References

External links

*http://www.higginsglass.com/ *http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/7233041 {{DEFAULTSORT:Higgins, Michael 1908 births 1999 deaths People educated at Eton College Artists from London American glass artists British emigrants to the United States