Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP
Photo: TMP

Bowl

USA, 1976
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College
Date acquired:
Materials:
Earthenware
Form - Functional: N/A
Form - Sculptural: N/A
Method:
Hand-Built
Surface Technique: N/A
Kiln Type: N/A
Glazes:
Glaze
Andrea Gill

Hal Fromhold is known for production stoneware pottery as well as unique thrown and altered works. In some cases these thrown and altered works would retain their functionality; for example, a bowl with attached under plate. In other cases, the altered piece became unique sculptures.

Fromhold opened a studio in Los Angeles in 1960, where he employed up to five apprentices, including Mayer Schater and Bertil Vellin (later Vallein), who became a notable glass designer at Kosta Boden in Kosta, Sweden. Another apprentice was Milt Kohl, who became Fromhold?s partner in operations in 1962. From 1967 to 1969, Frombold and Hohl relocated to Chino Valley, Arizona. They moved back to Los Angeles where Fromhold and Kohl worked together until Fromhold?s death in 1975.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Marer Collection, Scripps College

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