Artist

Dan Dailey

born Philadelphia, PA 1947
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Photo by Russell Johnson. Courtesy Dan Dailey.
Also known as
  • Daniel Owen Dailey
Born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Biography

Dan Dailey became fascinated with what he considers the “magic” of glassblowing while at Philadelphia College of Art. He often incorporates other materials and will bend or penetrate the surface of the glass to play on its brittleness and solidity. Much of Dailey’s work is constructed from brightly colored plates of glass; this two-dimensional quality and the humor often found in his pieces recall Dailey’s early aspirations to be a cartoonist.

Works by this artist (7 items)

William Morris Hunt, The Fortune Teller, ca. 1857-1858, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1968.81
The Fortune Teller
Dateca. 1857-1858
lithograph on paper
Not on view
William Morris Hunt, Girl at the Fountain, ca. 1857, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1980.67.7
Girl at the Fountain
Dateca. 1857
lithograph on paper
Not on view
William Morris Hunt, Stag in the Moonlight, ca. 1857, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1979.27
Stag in the Moonlight
Dateca. 1857
lithograph on paper
Not on view
William Morris Hunt, Violet Girl, 1857, lithograph with tint stone on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1974.16.2
Violet Girl
Date1857
lithograph with tint stone on paper
Not on view

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Exhibitions

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Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery
November 13, 2015March 6, 2022
Connections is the Renwick Gallery’s dynamic ongoing permanent collection presentation, featuring more than 80 objects celebrating craft as a discipline and an approach to living differently in the modern world.