Artist

Dan Anderson

born St. Paul, MN 1945-died Edwardsville, IL 2023
Also known as
  • Daniel J. Anderson
Born
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Died
Edwardsville, Illinois, United States
Active in
  • Edwardsville, Illinois, United States
Biography
Dan Anderson's ties to the Midwest are represented in his architectural forms of rural America. He was born in Minnesota and attended the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. Anderson’s studies and passion for both art education and ceramics led him to serve as the head of ceramics at Southern Illinois University, where he taught for thirty-two years (1970-2002). He remained in Illinois after his retirement and now works alongside wife and fellow artist Caroline Bottom Anderson at their studio in Edwardsville. Dan Anderson's studio work examines ceramics as a medium for contemporary sculpture, while often focusing on industrial tools and machines, such as water tanks, cooling towers, and oil cans.

Works by this artist (6 items)

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Herbert Gentry, L'Homme Vert, 1993, color etching with metallic additions on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of the artist, 2006.22.2, © 1993, Herbert Gentry
L’Homme Vert
Artist
Date1993
color etching with metallic additions on paper
Not on view
Herbert Gentry, Ici, 1985, lift ground and aquatint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stanley Bard, 1989.76.3, © 1985, Herbert Gentry
Ici
Artist
Date1985
lift ground and aquatint on paper
Not on view
Herbert Gentry, Meeting Series "B": Our Lives, 1988, mixed media on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stanley Bard, 1989.76.1, © 1988, Herbert Gentry
Meeting Series ​“B”: Our Lives
Artist
Date1988
mixed media on paper
Not on view
Herbert Gentry, La Rose, 1986, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Stanley Bard, 1989.76.2, © 1986, Herbert Gentry
La Rose
Artist
Date1986
screenprint on paper
Not on view