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Kraus, Anne
American; (b. 1956, Short Hills, NJ; d. 2003, Boulder, CO)
1984 BFA New York State College of Ceramics, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
1982 Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY
1978 BA (painting) University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Anne Kraus’ exquisitely rendered functional ceramic vases, teapots, cups and saucers

SELECTED REFERENCES:

feature painted vignettes and psychological portraits taken from the artist’s dream

Chayat, Sherry. “There's Comfort

journal, the primary source of inspiration for her narrative vessels. Reminiscent of

in Tea: A Tea Party with Anne

Meissen and Sèvres porcelains, Kraus uses clay like canvas, painting elaborate narrative

Kraus is a Journey Fraught with
Peril, Tinged with Hope.” American

scenes accompanied by printed text or poetic phrases onto her ceramic objects.

Ceramics 6, no. 2 (1987): 24–29.

Originally trained as a painter at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Kraus

Clark, Garth, and Cindi

later attended classes at the Greenwich House Pottery in New York City, prompting

Strauss. Shifting Paradigms

her to return to school to earn a BFA in ceramics at the New York State College of

in Contemporary Ceramics:
The Garth Clark & Mark Del

Ceramics at Alfred University. Shortly thereafter, Kraus established her home studio

Vecchio Collection. New

Shining Leaf Pottery in New Jersey and in 1988 she was presented with the New Jersey

Haven: Yale University Press;

State Council of the Arts Award. Kraus later moved to Boulder, Colorado and in 2003
the artist died at just forty-seven years of age. Anne Kraus’ work is included in the

Houston: The Museum of
Fine Arts, Houston, 2012.
Luecking, Stephen. “Stories

collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Houston Museum of Fine Art;

Seldom Told.” American Ceramics

the Newark Museum; Carnegie Museum; Everson Museum of Art; the International

10, no. 1 (Spring 1992): 38–44.

Ceramic Museum, Shigaraki, Japan; and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ANNE KRAUS WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION

The Frontier Vase

ALSO INCLUDED IN EXHIBITION

Clark, Garth. Anne Kraus: A Survey,

The Image Vase

February 3 - March 7, 1998. New
York: Garth Clark Gallery, 1998.

The Trust Compote

Chayat, Sherry. “There's Comfort

The Faith Teapot

in Tea: A Tea Party with Anne

The Journal

Kraus is a Journey Fraught with
Peril, Tinged with Hope.“ American
Ceramics 6, no. 2 (1987): 24–29.

The Dot of Hope Wall Tile
The Echo Motel Vase
The Rainbow in the
Fountain Teapot
The Night I Won
My Award Vase
The Dead Bird Double Vase

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