Frey, Viola, 1933-2004

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Frey, Viola, 1933-2004
Other forms of name
Frey, Viola, 1933-
Date of birth
1933-08-15
Date of death
2004-07-26
Occupation
Potters
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 57424068
Wikidata: Q7933014
Library of congress: n 81055908
Sources of Information
  • California College of the Arts website, viewed July 23, 2014(Viola Frey b. 1933 in Lodi, California; d. July 26, 2004; artist who created ceramic sculptures; also a professor at the California College of Arts)
  • Creative Arts League of Sacramento presents Calif. Crafts XII, 1981 (subj.)t.p. (Viola Frey) p. 9 & 13 (b. in 1933 in Lodi, CA; lives in Oakland)
  • New York times, July 30, 2004(Viola Frey; sculptor in clay; b. Lodi, Calif.; d. Monday [July 26] at home in Oakland, Calif., aged 70)
  • Bigger, Better, More, 2009:ECIP galley (Viola Frey (1933-2004)

Wikipedia description:

Viola Frey (August 15, 1933 – July 26, 2004) was an American artist working in sculpture, painting and drawing, and professor emerita at California College of the Arts. She lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area and was renowned for her larger-than-life, colorfully glazed clay sculptures of men and women, which expanded the traditional boundaries of ceramic sculpture.

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