Paula Winokur Explained
Paula Colton Winokur |
Birth Name: | Paula Colton |
Birth Date: | [1] |
Birth Place: | Pennsylvania, United States |
Nationality: | American |
Alma Mater: | Tyler School of Art |
Known For: | ceramics |
Paula Colton Winokur (1936–2018) was an American artist. She was one of the leading ceramic artists in the United States from the 1970s until her death in 2018.
Biography
Winokur was born and raised in the Philadelphia.[2] She attended Tyler School of Art, where she was a student of Rudolf Staffel, and where she met her future husband, Robert Winokur.[3]
Paula Winokur is best known for the work she made during the 1990s through the 2010s which had an environmental focus.[4] From the 1970s to the early 2000s, Winokur taught ceramic art at Arcadia University (formally known as Beaver College), in Glenside, Pennsylvania. In 2002 she was elected as to the College of Fellows at the American Craft Council.[5]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Salisbury. Stephan. Paula Winokur, 82, influential ceramic artist. 2020-08-26. www.inquirer.com. en-US.
- Web site: Winokur, Paula (American sculptor, born 1935). Union List of Artist Names. The J. Paul Getty Trust.
- Web site: Robert Winokur. 2020-08-26. American Craft Council. en.
- Web site: Rothstein. Scott. 2020-05-26. Paula Winokur: Formative Landscapes. 2020-08-26. Sculpture. en-US.
- Web site: Paula Winokur. 2020-08-26. American Craft Council. en.
- Web site: Paula Winokur Smithsonian American Art Museum. 2020-08-26. americanart.si.edu. en-US.
- Web site: Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections : Search Collections. 2020-08-26. www.philamuseum.org.
- Web site: 2015-10-22. Paula Winokur: Quiet Immensity. 2020-08-26. Philadelphia Art Alliance Blog. en.
- Web site: Hine . Thomas . Fall Arts Guide: October art museum picks. 2020-08-26. www.inquirer.com. en-US.
- Web site: The Clay Studio revisits history of Philadelphia ceramics by way of four seminal artists. 2020-08-26. Knight Foundation. en-US.
- Web site: The Clay Studio Paula Winokur: A Tribute. 2020-08-26. www.theclaystudio.org. en.