Ceramic vessel by Clyde Burt 17.5" X 6.5" x 6.5" Clyde Burt (1922-1981) was born in Melrose, Ohio. He studied at Fort Wayne Art School and the Cape Cod School of Art. He then worked under Maija Grotell at Cranbrook. He then returned to Ohio and worked as a full-time studio potter on his family's 28-acre farm. He then taught at Fort Wayne and Dayton Art Institute, and also participated in craft fairs on the weekends. Burt also participated in many ceramic nationals around the country and had numerous solo exhibitions. His pieces are included in the permanent collections of the Cranbrook Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts (above, 1955), the G. R. Crocker and Company, the Toledo Museum of Art, the Everson Art Museum and The Smithsonian. (reference: Esoteric Survey)

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