Rude Osolnik | |
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Born | March 4, 1915
Dawson, New Mexico, U.S. |
Died | November 18, 2001
Berea, Kentucky, U.S. |
Education | Bradley University |
Occupation(s) | Craftsman, artist, design, author, educator |
Known for | Woodturning |
Movement | American studio woodturning movement |
Website | Official website |
Rude Osolnik (1915–2001), was an American woodturner, author, and educator. He is considered an important figure within the American studio woodturning movement and in contemporary woodturning in the United States. [1] [2] He was the department head in the woodcraft industry program at Berea College for forty years. [3] Osolnik was elected as an American Craft Council (ACC) honorary fellow in 1994.
Rude Osolnik was born March 4, 1915, in Dawson, New Mexico. [4] [5] He was the child of Slovenian immigrants. [4] Osolnik graduated in 1937 from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. [4] [5]
Osolnik taught at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky from 1937 until 1978, initially working in the industrial arts department and later as the department head in the woodcraft industry program. [3] [4] He took a break from teaching to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War II. [4] He also spent a lot of time working at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. [6]
Osolnik has work in museum collections, including at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, [7] the High Museum of Art, [8] the Detroit Institute of Arts, [9] the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
He died of congestive heart failure on November 18, 2001, at Poverty Ridge in Berea, Kentucky. [3] [6]
Rude Osolnik | |
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Born | March 4, 1915
Dawson, New Mexico, U.S. |
Died | November 18, 2001
Berea, Kentucky, U.S. |
Education | Bradley University |
Occupation(s) | Craftsman, artist, design, author, educator |
Known for | Woodturning |
Movement | American studio woodturning movement |
Website | Official website |
Rude Osolnik (1915–2001), was an American woodturner, author, and educator. He is considered an important figure within the American studio woodturning movement and in contemporary woodturning in the United States. [1] [2] He was the department head in the woodcraft industry program at Berea College for forty years. [3] Osolnik was elected as an American Craft Council (ACC) honorary fellow in 1994.
Rude Osolnik was born March 4, 1915, in Dawson, New Mexico. [4] [5] He was the child of Slovenian immigrants. [4] Osolnik graduated in 1937 from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. [4] [5]
Osolnik taught at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky from 1937 until 1978, initially working in the industrial arts department and later as the department head in the woodcraft industry program. [3] [4] He took a break from teaching to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War II. [4] He also spent a lot of time working at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. [6]
Osolnik has work in museum collections, including at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, [7] the High Museum of Art, [8] the Detroit Institute of Arts, [9] the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
He died of congestive heart failure on November 18, 2001, at Poverty Ridge in Berea, Kentucky. [3] [6]