1978 Frank Colson Art Pottery Sculpture

Description

For your consideration we are presenting for sale this stunning vintage art handmade Surrealist style figurative abstract Pottery sculpture by … more For your consideration we are presenting for sale this stunning vintage art handmade Surrealist style figurative abstract Pottery sculpture by Listed artist FRANK COLSON , signed on the bottom and date of 1978. This fantastic Art will make a fine addition to any art collection.

Measures:
12.0 w x 6.0 d x 25.25 h / inches

In excellent vintage condition with normal typical marks . Please see all photos for additional details .

ABOUT FRANK COLSON

Frank Colson: I was born in Paris, France. My father was an opera singer and he was from California. I grew up in Southern California and that is how I ended up at the Claremont Colleges. I attended Washington High School in Los Angeles.


Vasefinder: Tell me about your earliest days as an artist. What drew you to the field of ceramics?

Frank Colson: I started doing art when I was five years old. When I entered high school, I went all out and was president of the high school art club. I also got very involved in the theater arts. In fact in those days prior to high school and during high school, I use to do radio for the local stations, where we portrayed kids playing dramatic roles before the advent of television. My folks attended Pomona College in the Claremont area and wanted me to attend school there as well. After high school, I applied for the Claremont Colleges and ended up at Claremont Men's College. It is now coeducational and called Claremont McKenna. Claremont Men's College was right across the street from Scripps Women's College, so I went there as an art major and had to take all my classes at Scripps. I was the first male art student at Scripps. Down in the basement at Scripps is where the pottery classes were taught. One day, Shoji Hamada came into the class to present himself and demonstrate throwing on a wheel. That did it for me; I was hooked on clay, when I saw him throw for the first time.

Vasefinder: Please tell us about your art education. Where did you study and degrees received?

Frank Colson: I received my B.F.A. from Scripps in 1957. I was actually one semester from graduating, when I was drafted during the Korean War. When I was drafted, I was assigned to the U.S. Army Band. I thought I was going to Korea, when I was actually sent to Alaska. I ended up with the military in Special Services as a disc jockey. I was the MC that always performed at all the USO shows. Anyway, I got out of the service and had one semester left to complete. To confirm, I was in the military for the years of 1954, 1955 and 1956 before making it back to Scripps College. I decided to finish my degree in art and also took graduate classes, where I could use my theatrical talents and artistic talents and combine them together in this up and coming field called television. In television, you are working with the visual applications all the time and people in entertainment and so on. I wanted to go to a graduate school, where I could combine the artistic and theatrical talents. I went to Syracuse University because it was the only university, where I could get a Master's Degree in one year. My Master's Degree is in Communications because I wanted to use my degree to become a producer and director for television. At Syracuse, I was always visiting the art department to throw and fire pots though. When I finished graduate school, I was just married with a brand new baby and we were going back to Southern California.

He passed away in 2015. less