Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Toshiko Takaezu was an American ceramic artist and painter. She was born to Japanese immigrant parents in Pepeekeo, Hawaii, in 1922. She studied at the Honolulu Museum of Art and the University of Hawaii under Claude Horan from 1948–51. From 1951–54, Takaezu continued her studies at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where she befriended Finnish ceramist Maija Grotell, who became her mentor. In 1955, Takaezu traveled to Japan, where she studied Buddhism, visited Shoji Hamada and observed the techniques of traditional Japanese pottery, which continue to influence her work. She taught for 10 years at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and then from 1967–92, she taught at Princeton University, where she was awarded an honorary doctorate. She retired in 1992 to become a studio artist, living and working in Quakertown, New Jersey, about 30 miles northwest of Princeton. In addition to her studio in New Jersey, Takaezu made many of her larger sculptures at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. She made functional wheel-thrown vessels early in her career. Later, she switched to abstract sculptures with freely applied poured and painted glazes. In the early 1970s, when Takaezu didn’t have access to a kiln, she painted on canvas. Her work is part of the permanent collections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, among many others. Takaezu was the recipient of the Gold Medal of the American Craft Council and a Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation grant. She lived in Hawaii for 10 years and died March 9, 2011, in Honolulu.
1980s American Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
1980s American Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Pottery
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
1980s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
20th Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Pottery, Stoneware
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
20th Century Japanese Showa Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Pottery
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
2010s Malaysian Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Copper
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Copper
Early 20th Century American Adirondack Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Pottery
20th Century French Beaux Arts Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Stoneware
Early 20th Century Chinese Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Stoneware
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Pottery
Late 20th Century American Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Ceramic, Clay
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Porcelain
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Porcelain
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Porcelain
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Toshiko Takaezu Decorative Objects
Porcelain