Maurice Heaton | |
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Born | 1900
Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
Died | April 6, 1990 (aged 89–90)
[1]
Valley Cottage, New York, U.S. |
Education | Stevens Institute of Technology |
Years active | 1923–1990 |
Known for | Glass artist |
Movement | Studio glass movement, Art Deco |
Maurice Heaton (1900–1990) was a Swiss-born American glass artist, of English ancestry. [2] His glass work ranged in subject, and included work in window hangings, murals, lighting fixtures, and tableware. [2] For most of his life he lived in the hamlet of Valley Cottage in Rockland County, New York, U.S.. [3] [4]
In 1985, Heaton was elected as a fellow of the American Craft Council (ACC). [5]
Maurice Heaton was born in 1900 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, to English parents. [2] His father and grandfather were glass artists. [4] In 1914 during World War I, his family moved to New York state, and by 1919 the family settled in Valley Cottage, New York which was a rural area at the time. [3] [6]
Heaton attended the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, where he studied engineering. [6] After leaving college he worked under his father Clement Heaton, as a stained-glass artist assistant. [4] [6]
He had invented a process in 1947 for creating glassware in the studio furnace, and was later part of the 1960s studio glass movement. [7] His glass studio was in Valley Cottage, New York; it experienced three major fires in 1974, in 1981, and the last fire being in 1988. [4] It took him a year and a half to rebuild his glass studio after the 1988 fire, [8] shortly before his death in April 6, 1990. [1]
Heaton's artwork can be found in museum collections, including at the Brooklyn Museum, [9] the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [10] Museum of Arts and Design, [11] the Corning Museum of Glass, the Art Institute of Chicago, [12] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [7]
Maurice Heaton | |
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Born | 1900
Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
Died | April 6, 1990 (aged 89–90)
[1]
Valley Cottage, New York, U.S. |
Education | Stevens Institute of Technology |
Years active | 1923–1990 |
Known for | Glass artist |
Movement | Studio glass movement, Art Deco |
Maurice Heaton (1900–1990) was a Swiss-born American glass artist, of English ancestry. [2] His glass work ranged in subject, and included work in window hangings, murals, lighting fixtures, and tableware. [2] For most of his life he lived in the hamlet of Valley Cottage in Rockland County, New York, U.S.. [3] [4]
In 1985, Heaton was elected as a fellow of the American Craft Council (ACC). [5]
Maurice Heaton was born in 1900 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, to English parents. [2] His father and grandfather were glass artists. [4] In 1914 during World War I, his family moved to New York state, and by 1919 the family settled in Valley Cottage, New York which was a rural area at the time. [3] [6]
Heaton attended the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, where he studied engineering. [6] After leaving college he worked under his father Clement Heaton, as a stained-glass artist assistant. [4] [6]
He had invented a process in 1947 for creating glassware in the studio furnace, and was later part of the 1960s studio glass movement. [7] His glass studio was in Valley Cottage, New York; it experienced three major fires in 1974, in 1981, and the last fire being in 1988. [4] It took him a year and a half to rebuild his glass studio after the 1988 fire, [8] shortly before his death in April 6, 1990. [1]
Heaton's artwork can be found in museum collections, including at the Brooklyn Museum, [9] the Metropolitan Museum of Art, [10] Museum of Arts and Design, [11] the Corning Museum of Glass, the Art Institute of Chicago, [12] and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. [7]