Blue and Beyond Blue, 2006. Dale Chihuly (b. 1941). Glass. 107 x 82 x 77 in. New Britain Museum of American Art, Stephen B. Lawrence Fund and 25 additional donors (see below), 2007.127.
Dale Chihuly was born in Tacoma, Washington, and attended the University of Washington in Seattle, where he studied interior design and architecture. After graduating in 1965, Chihuly went on to earn a degree in glassblowing from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and an M.F.A. in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design where he later established the school’s glass program.
In 1968, Chihuly was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and went on to become the first American glass blower to work in the prestigious Venini Fabrica on the island of Murano near Venice. It was here that Chihuly absorbed the master-and-team collaborative approach that he has continued in his own studio in the United States. In 1971, Chihuly co-founded the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington, and is credited for leading the avant garde development of glass as a fine art. (more…)
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