Claude Horan (29 October 1917 – 11 June 2014) was an American ceramic and glass artist who was born in
Long Beach, California
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Incorporate ...
. He received a BA from
San Jose State University
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in 1942 and an MA degree in art from
Ohio State University
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in 1946. His wife
Suzi Pleyte Horan collaborated on many of the larger projects. He was a lifeguard and longboard surfer in Santa Cruz in the late 1930s, and is credited with naming
Steamer Lane.
He started the ceramics program at the
University of Hawaii at Manoa
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in 1947. After a sabbatical in 1967 during which he learned
glass blowing, Horan established a glass blowing studio at the university in 1968. In 1978, he retired from the
University of Hawaii
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as a
professor emeritus
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. Horan's students include
Toshiko Takaezu,
Isami Enomoto,
Henry Takemoto
Henry may refer to:
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* Portuguese royalty
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,
Chiu Huan-tang and
Harue Oyama McVay, who became chairman of the ceramics program upon Horan's retirement.
''Standing Female Figure'', in the collection of the
Honolulu Museum of Art
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is an example of the whimsical ceramic figurines for which he is best known. He begins with a cylindrical vessel on the potter's wheel, onto which he sculpts human features. The
Hawaii State Art Museum
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History
While they were both in the cabinet, under King ...
, the
Honolulu Museum of Art
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, the
Museum of Arts and Design
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(New York City), and the Division of Ceramics and Glass of the
National Museum of American History
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(Washington, D.C.) are among the public collections holding work by Claude Horan.
[Wisnosky, John and Tom Klobe, ''A Tradition of Excellence'', University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, 2002, p. 62] His sculptures in public places include:
* Untitled 1976 sculpture,
Leilehua High School,
Honolulu, Hawaii
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* ''Hoolaulea'' (1976) and ''Cecil'' (1976),
Red Hill Elementary School
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Honolulu
Public
Solomon Elementary School
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,
Honolulu, Hawaii
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* ''Vita Marinae'', 1975,
Waikiki Aquarium,
Honolulu, Hawaii
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* ''Na heenalu o kailua maluna o ke kilohana a na nalu'', 1974,
Kailua High School,
Kailua, Hawaii
* ''Kii Kalai Mea Pa'ani Na Kamalii'', 1974,
Kealakehe Elementary School,
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
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* ''The Stallion and His Crew'', 1979,
Pukalani Elementary School
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,
Pukalani, Hawaii
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* ''Moby Dick and Friends'', 1980,
Kekaha Elementary School
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History
For most of the 20th century, the ...
,
Kekaha, Hawaii
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History
For most of the 20th century, the Ke ...
* ''In the Spirit of the Koolaus'', 1980,
Kalaheo High School
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The school building opened as an intermediate school in 1966, but was r ...
,
Kailua, Hawaii
References
* Haar, Francis, ''Artists of Hawaii: Volume Two'', University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1977, pp. 29–35
* Lagoria, Georgianna M., ''Claude Horan: A Restropective of Ceramic Works'',
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu The Honolulu Museum of Art Spalding House, formerly The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, was integrated into the Honolulu Museum of Art under this name. It was the only museum in the state of Hawaii devoted exclusively to contemporary art. The Contemp ...
, 2004,
Mark, Steven, "Claude Horan: 1917-2014", June 28th, 2014, ''Honolulu Star-Advertiser''* Radford, Georgia and Warren Radford, ''Sculpture in the Sun, Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces'', University of Hawaii Press, 1978, 79, 93–4.
* Wisnosky, John and Tom Klobe, ''A Tradition of Excellence'', University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, 2002, pp. 60–63
* Yoshihara, Lisa A., ''Collective Visions, 1967-1997, An Exhibition Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, Presented at the
Honolulu Academy of Arts, September 3-October 12, 1997'', Honolulu, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 1997, p. 123.
Claude Horan in the Art Inventories Catalog of the Smithsonian American Art Museum California, Birth Index, 1905-1995
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20th-century ceramists
Modern sculptors
American glass artists
Ohio State University alumni
San Jose State University alumni
1917 births
2014 deaths
People from Long Beach, California
University of Hawaiʻi faculty
Ceramists from Hawaii
20th-century American sculptors
American male sculptors
20th-century American male artists