Viktor Schreckengost Ceramics

T he son of a commercial potter in sebring ohio viktor schreckengost learned the craft of sculpting in clay from his father.

Viktor schreckengost ceramics.

His wide ranging work included noted pottery designs industrial design bicycle design and seminal research on radar feedback. Viktor schreckengost june 26 1906 january 26 2008 was an american industrial designer as well as a teacher sculptor and artist. Sebring helped define schreckengost s artistic identity. In the mid 1920s he enrolled at the cleveland school of art now the cleveland institute of art or cia to study cartoon making but after seeing an exhibition at the cleveland museum of art he changed his focus to ceramics.

Cia periodical collection new designs for mass production. His father and both brothers were potters. Viktor schreckengost is known for designing and creating functional pieces and sculpture. Viktor schreckengost is one of the most influential and prolific artists designers in america.

His work spans over eight decades and includes a multitude of mediums including ceramics painting stage design graphics and industrial design. Image courtesy of cleveland state university. Viktor schreckengostms architectural terra cotta. The ohio native designed everything from children s toys and pedal cars to trucks bicycles furniture and ceramic dinnerware.

A prolific industrial designer artist and teacher viktor schreckengost s creations have touched on nearly every aspect of american life. Schreckengost was born in sebring founded as a pottery production center in 1900. One of his instructors was guy cowan who later employed schreckengost for his ceramics. A20 d457 outstanding ceramics of the year.

Viktor schreckengost june 26 1906 january 26 2008 was the father of industrial design and creator of the jazz bowl an example of jazz age art designed for eleanor roosevelt during his association with cowan pottery he is the creator of the largest freestanding ceramic sculpture in the world early settler on permanent display at lakewood high school in lakewood ohio. After college viktor schreckengost visited world renowned ceramic centers in europe and northern africa this trip influenced the animal sculptures he created years later. He spent 1929 studying ceramics at the kunstgewerbeschule in vienna with michael powolny where he focused on sculpture and handthrown vessels. He founded the industrial design department at the art institute.

Four sets of tableware designed by v. Schreckengost was the youngest instructor ever hired.