Richard DeVore, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetRichard DeVore
American artist
Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1933
Date of Death: 25-Jun-2006
Profession: artist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Richard DeVore
- Richard DeVore (1933 - 25 June 2006) was an American ceramicist that was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1933.
- He earned a B.Ed.
- degree with an art major from the University of Toledo in 1955, and received an M.F.A.
- from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1957.
- In 1966 DeVore became head of the ceramics department at Cranbrook Academy of Art.
- He was a member of the Colorado State University art faculty from 1978 to 2004.
- In 1987, DeVore was installed as a fellow of the American Craft Council.
- Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, He is known for simple, organic forms finished in dull glazes that suggest polished stones, sun bleached bones or even translucent skin.
- He died from lung cancer in Fort Collins on June 25, 2006.
- Meulensteen Gallery in New York represents his estate.
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