American ceramicist (1865–1954)
Mary Given Sheerer
Born Sarah Given Sheerer
Covington, Kentucky
Died 1954(1954-00-00) (aged 88–89)Cincinnati, Ohio
Resting place Highland Cemetery, Fort Mitchell, Kentucky Nationality American Education Art Academy of Cincinnati Known for Pottery Movement Website tulane
Newcomb Pottery vase by Mary Given Sheerer and Joseph Meyer Mary Given Sheerer (1865–1954) was an American ceramicist , designer, and art educator, best known for her affiliation with the Newcomb Pottery project at H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College , now part of Tulane University .[ 1]
Biography
Sheerer was born in Covington, Kentucky in 1865.[ 2] Art Students League of New York , under Hugh Breckenridge at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and graduated from the Art Academy of Cincinnati .[ 3] [ 4] Rookwood Pottery Company .[ 2] William Woodward and Ellsworth Woodward made Sheerer their first faculty hire.[ 4] [ 2] [ 5] New Orleans Art Association , Cincinnati Women's Art Club, and the American Federation of Arts .[ 6] Louisiana Purchase Exposition in 1904, and the Panama–Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco in 1915.[ 2] [ 6] [ 7]
Sheerer was responsible for setting standards and guiding Newcomb Pottery's day-to-day production.[ 8]
She gave technical advice to Mississippi ceramicist Peter Anderson .[ 9]
Sheerer retired from the Newcomb faculty in 1931.[ 3] Newcomb Pottery , she was awarded as a fellow of the American Ceramic Society on March 11, 1931.[ 10] Fort Mitchell, Kentucky .[ 2]
A Newcomb Pottery vase by Sheerer displayed in the Cincinnati Art Museum. The "Spanish Dagger Plate" is the product of collaboration between decorator, Mary Sheerer, and potter, Joseph Meyer.[ 11]
References
^ H., Conradsen, David (2013). The arts & crafts of Newcomb Pottery . Denker, Ellen,, Eidelberg, Martin P.,, Main, Sally,, Spinozzi, Adrienne,, Tucker, Kevin W.,, Newcomb Art Gallery. New York: Rizzoli International. ISBN 978-0-8478-4055-7 OCLC 859645351 . {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link )^ a b c d e Reis, Jim (October 12, 1998). "Pottery, Portraits, Mexico Defined This Trio of Artists". Cincinnati Post . Cincinnati, Ohio. p. 4K. ^ a b Ormond, Suzanne (1976). Louisiana's Art Nouveau: The Crafts of the Newcomb Style ISBN 978-1-4556-0791-4 ^ a b "Women, Art and Social Change" . www.insidenorthside.com . Archived from the original on November 17, 2013.^ Poesch, Jessie (1984). Newcomb Pottery: An Enterprise for Southern Women 1895–1940 104 . ISBN 0-916838-99-4 ^ a b Benezit Dictionary of Artists. "Sheerer, Mary Given" . Oxford Art Online . Oxford University Press. Retrieved May 21, 2020 . ^ Staff of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. "Mary Sheer" . knowlouisiana.org Encyclopedia of Louisiana . Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved March 20, 2018 . ^ Tucker, Susan; Willinger, Beth (May 7, 2012). Newcomb College, 1886–2006: Higher Education for Women in New Orleans ISBN 978-0-8071-4338-4 ^ "Peter Anderson Bio" . www.shearwaterpottery.com . Retrieved October 2, 2022 .^ Poesch, Jessie (1984). Newcomb Pottery: An Enterprise for Southern Women 1895–1940 104 . ISBN 0-916838-99-4 ^ "Mary Sheerer" . Knowlouisiana.org . Retrieved March 20, 2018 .
