Artist

Edris Eckhardt

born Cleveland, OH 1905-died Lakewood, OH 1998
Born
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died
Lakewood, Ohio, United States
Biography

Edris Eckhardt studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art and taught ceramics there for almost three decades. In 1932 she opened a studio where she created clay sculptures and experimented with different glazes. Eckhardt started working in glass in the 1950s, inspired by ancient Roman and Egyptian pieces, and won two John Simon Guggenheim awards as well as a Louis Comfort Tiffany fellowship for her work. Between 1953 and her death in 1998, Eckhardt produced and sold more than four thousand objects, and her patrons included Eleanor Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Queen Elizabeth II.

Works by this artist (2 items)

Edris Eckhardt, Susanna, 1945, terra cotta, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Paul A. Nelson in honor of Henry and Lillian Steinberg, 1984.136.2
Susanna
Artist
Date1945
terra cotta
On view
Edris Eckhardt, Dream Sequence, 1974, gold, silver foil, glass, wood and functional light bulb, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Paul A. Nelson in honor of Henry and Lillian Steinberg, 1984.136.1
Dream Sequence
Artist
Date1974
gold, silver foil, glass, wood and functional light bulb
Not on view