Richard A. Hirsch (born 1944) is an American abstract ceramic sculptor. He received a BS in art education from the

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in 1956, an MFA in ceramics from the

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's School for American Craftsmen in 1971 and an honorary Ph.D. from

National Taiwan University of Arts National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA; zh, c=國立臺灣藝術大學) is a university in Banqiao District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. It is the oldest art university in Taiwan. History National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA) was establ ...

in 2008. He taught at

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(Ontario, Canada),

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and at the

, where he currently holds the title of professor emeritus, College of Art and Design. Hirsch studied ancient Latin American and Chinese cultures, as well as traditional Japanese raku. ''Ceremonial Cup #14'', in the collection of the

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, demonstrates how the artist combined the form of a

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tripod vessel with a

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surface. The

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(Athens, Greece), the

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(Boca Raton, Florida), the

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(Buffalo, New York), the

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(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), the China Art Academy Museum (Hangzhou, China)], the

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(Sedalia, Missouri), the

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(Brockton, Massachusetts), the

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(Toronto, Ontario, Canada), the

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(Atlanta, Georgia), the

, the lcheon World Ceramic Center (Gyeonggi-do, South, Korea), the

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(New York City), the

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. The National Museum of Art (Riga, Latvia), the

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(Kansas City, Missouri), the

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, the

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(Logan, Utah), the Ohi Museum (Kanazawa, Japan), the

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(Racine, Wisconsin), the

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(Kristiansand, Norway) and the Yingge Ceramics Museum (Taipei, Taiwan) are among the public collections holding work by Richard A. Hirsch.The Marks Project, The Dictionary of American Studio Ceramics
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References

* Hirsch, Richard, “The Raku Family Tradition” in ''Studio Potter'', January, 1979 * Hirsch, Richard, ''The Uncommon Denominator: A Tribute to Richard Hirsch'', Rochester Institute of Technology, Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2005 * Meyer, Scott, ''With Fire: Richard Hirsch'', Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, 2012

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hirsch, Richard 1944 births Living people 20th-century American ceramists 21st-century American ceramists Nazareth University faculty State University of New York at New Paltz alumni Rochester Institute of Technology alumni Boston University faculty Rochester Institute of Technology faculty Sculptors from New York (state)