John Fassbinder - Cruet, Bowl, Saucer

John Fassbinder set of 3 - Cruet - 7" x 2.5", Sml Bowl 6" x 2.5", Sml Saucer 7" x 1.5' - mint condition

is known for a full range of wheel-thrown stoneware functional pottery forms. A dominant surface decoration on the light ground, predominate his production. Surface techniques include textured areas, clay-on-clay decoration, colored glazes, underglaze pencil, and glaze brushwork painting.

Public Collections

Scripps College, Claremont, California

Bibliography

Levin, Elaine. “John Fassbinder.” Ceramics Monthly 27, No. 9 (November 1979).

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

1931Born

EDUCATION

—BA, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

—MFA, Scripps College/ Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

—Studio Potter

—Instructor, Central Washington State University, Ellensburg, Washington

Late 1940sInstructor, Chouinard Art Institute, now California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, California

—Instructor, Citrus College, Glendora, California

—Instructor, Scripps College, Claremont, California

—Instructor, Painting and drawing, Pomona College, Claremont, California