Maija Grotell papers

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Maija Grotell papers

1923-1973

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Biographical materials, correspondence, awards, photographs, and printed materials relating to the career of the noted ceramicist and teacher who devoted the last quarter century of her life to the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

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Cranbrook Academy of Art

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Grotell, Maija

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Ceramist and educator. Born 1899. Died 1973. After several years as a textile designer in her native Finland, Grotell immigrated to the United States in 1927. For a short time she studied with Charles Fergus Binns and from 1938 to 1966 she headed the ceramics department at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. During this period, the height of her career, she became one of the leaders in the development of ceramics as a medium of artistic expression. In addition, her research on glazes for Eero Saarinen...

Eames, Charles Chambers

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Charles Eames (1907-1978), architect and designer, and his wife Ray Eames (1912-1988), artist and designer. Ray Eames was born Bernice Alexandra Kaiser. From the description of Papers of Charles and Ray Eames, 1885-1988 (bulk 1965-1988). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072571 Charles Eames, American architect and designer; Eero Saarinen, Finnish-born, American architect and designer. From the description of Architecture and furniture designs, 1940-1978. (Getty R...