Betty Ford
Betty Davenport Ford is known for sculptural work. Drawn to the animal form as a young artist, this fascination reoccurred in her work throughout her professional career. As her work developed she ...
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- Biography
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Betty Davenport Ford is known for sculptural work. Drawn to the animal form as a young artist, this fascination reoccurred in her work throughout her professional career. As her work developed she simplified the forms into abstractions to capture the essence of the animal she was depicting. Ford also cast her works in Bronze.
Ford?s husband, Harold, photographed each sculpture providing a valuable tool for the study of her work.
" - Apprenticeships & Residencies
- Primary Work Experience
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Ceramic Sculptor
-—Scripps College, Claremont, California
-—Pasadena College, Pasadena, California
Other
- Public Collections
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American Museum of Ceramic Art, (AMOCA), Pomona, California
Inland Empire Museum of Art, Upland, California
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, California
- Bibliography
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“Featured Artist.” American Artist Magazine. New York, NY: Watson-Guptill, 1958.
Ford, Harold H. The Sculpture of Betty Davenport Ford. Padua Press, 2005.
Lynn, Martha Drexler. American Studio Ceramics: Innovation and Identity, 1940 to 1979. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015.
- CV or Resume
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Clark, Donald
- Website(s)
Citation: Clark, Donald Betty Ford, "The Marks Project."
Last modified April 29, 2026. https://www.themarksproject.org/artists/betty-davenport-ford
