The Cleveland School refers to the flourishing local arts community in

Cleveland Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U ...

and

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during the period from 1910 to 1960. It was so named in 1928 by Elrick Davis, a journalist with the ''

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''. The Cleveland School was renowned for its

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, and also included well-known

printmaker Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand processed techniqu ...

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable ...

enamelist Vitreous enamel, also called porcelain enamel, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between . The powder melts, flows, and then hardens to a smooth, durable vitreous coating. The word comes from the Lati ...

s, and

ceramist Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials, including clay. It may take forms including artistic pottery, including tableware, tiles, figurines and other sculpture. As one of the plastic arts, ceramic art is one of the visual arts. Whil ...

s. Artists of the Cleveland School were involved with the founding of the Cleveland School of Art (now

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), the

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, Cleveland Society of Artists, Kokoon Arts Club, and Cleveland's annual May Show.

Cleveland School artists

George Adomeit George Gustav Adomeit (15 January 1879 – 1967) was a Prussian- American painter and printmaker, and also co-founder and long-time president of the Caxton Company, a printing company that was bought by the Fetter Printing Company in 1955. Biog ...

* Russell B. Aitken *

Richard Anuszkiewicz Richard Joseph Anuszkiewicz (; May 23, 1930 – May 19, 2020) was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor. Life and work Anuszkiewicz was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, the son of Victoria (Jankowski) and Adam Anuszkiewicz, who worked in a pap ...

* Whitney Atchley * Kenneth F. Bates * Joseph Boersig * August Biehle * Lawrence Edwin Blazey * Alexander Blazys * Paul Bogatay * Jack M. Burton *

Elmer Brubeck Elmer is a name of Germanic British origin. The given name originated as a surname, a medieval variant of the given name Aylmer, derived from Old English ''æþel'' (noble) and ''mær'' (famous). It was adopted as a given name in the United Stat ...

* Charles E. Burchfield *

Martha Burchfield Martha Elizabeth Burchfield Richter (June 28, 1924 – April 10, 1977) was an American watercolorist, the daughter of artist Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893–1967). Similarly to her father, Burchfield had an affinity for flowering plants, trees ...

* Clarence H. Carter * Claude Conover *

R. Guy Cowan Reginald Guy Cowan (August 1, 1884 – March 10, 1957) was an American potter and designer. He founded Cowan Pottery and was a leading figure in the Cleveland School of artists. External links Entry for R. Guy Cowanon the Union List of Arti ...

* Paul Dominey * László Dús * Nora E. Dyer * Harold Edward * Edris (Edith Aline) Eckhardt * W. Leroy Flint * Carl Gaertner * Clement and Fern Giorgi *

Frederick Gottwald Frederick Carl Gottwald (August 15, 1858 – June 23, 1941) was a traditionalist American painter who was influential in the development of the Cleveland School of art, sometimes called the "dean of Cleveland painters". He taught at the Western ...

* Waylande Gregory * Doris Hall * Harold W. Hunsicker * A. Drexler Jacobson * Joseph W. Jicha *

Max Kalish Max Kalish (March 1, 1891 – 1945) was American sculptor born in Valozhyn, Belarus, and best known for his sculptures of laborers. His Orthodox Jewish family emigrated to Cleveland, Ohio in 1893, when he was two years old. He studied with Herm ...

* Henry Keller *

Grace V. Kelly Grace Veronica Kelly (January 31, 1877 – January 10, 1950) was an American painter and art critic. An accomplished watercolorist, she was a member of the Cleveland School of artists, and served as '' The Plain Dealers principal art critic ...

* Kalman Kubinyi * Robert Laessig * Charles Lakovsky * Fred Leach * Hughie Lee-Smith * Norman E. Magden *

Herman Matzen Herman Matzen (July 15, 1861 – April 22, 1938) American sculptor and educator, born in Denmark. Early years Matzen studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin before immigrating to the United St ...

* Alice McGinty * Leza and William McVey * Carl Moellman * Joseph Motto * Charles Murphy * Horace Potter * Steven A. Rebeck * Louis Rorimer * Charles L. Sallée Jr *

Viktor Schreckengost Viktor Schreckengost (June 26, 1906 – January 26, 2008) was an US, American industrial designer as well as a teacher, sculptor, and artist. His wide-ranging work included noted pottery designs, industrial design, bicycle design and semina ...

* Walt Scott * Sam Scott *

Marvin Smith (artist) Marvin "Smitty" Smith (born June 24, 1961) is an American jazz drummer and composer. Marvin Smith was born in Waukegan, Illinois, where his father, Marvin Sr., was a drummer. "Smitty" was exposed to music at a young age, receiving formal music ...

* Elizabeth Andersen Seaver * Glen Moore and Elsa Vick Shaw * William Sommer * Esther Marshall Sills *

Walter Sinz Walter A. Sinz (July 13, 1881 – 1966) was an American sculptor born in Cleveland, Ohio. Among his best-known work was the Thompson Trophy.Campen, Richard N., Outdoor Sculpture of Ohio, Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980 p. 63 He was ed ...

* Drew Smith * Julian Stanczak * Rolf Stoll * Paul Travis * Abel and Alexander Warshawsky * Frank N. Wilcox *

Sandor Vago Sandor Vago (1887–1946)Akoun 2004 was a Hungarian-American painter. Biography He was born in Hungary. After studying art in Budapest, Hungary, he completed his studies in Munich, Germany. Before World War I, the painter exhibited his artw ...

H. Edward Winter Harold Edward Winter (October 14, 1908 - July 22, 1976) was an American artist who worked primarily in enamels. Known also as H. Edward Winter and Edward Winter, he wrote several books on enameling and produced enamel murals for churches and the ...

Thelma Frazier Winter Thelma Frazier Winter (1903–1977) was an American enamelist, ceramic sculptor, and painter. She worked at Cowan Pottery and belonged to the Cleveland School of artists. Biography Thelma Frazier was born in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, to Robert Frazie ...

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{{reflist 3. Folk, Thomas. "Waylande Gregory: Art Deco Ceramics and the Atomic Impulse''." University of Richmond Museums, 2013. Cleveland School (arts community) Culture of Cleveland

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