Robert Archambeau
Canadian artist (1933–2022)
Robert Archambeau (18 April 1933 – 25 April 2022) was a Canadian ceramic artist and potter. He also had an academic career in post-secondary art studies.
Personal history
Born in Toledo, Ohio, United States, in 1933, he immigrated to Canada in 1968. He served four years in the U.S. Marines, before undergraduate Studies at Toledo University, the Toledo Museum of Art School and Bowling Green State University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He earned his Masters of Fine Arts degree from New York State College of Ceramics on the campus of Alfred University in 1964. In addition to his prominence in the field of ceramic art, he was known as an educator and an art collector. These three facets of his career are chronicled in the exhibition catalogue Robert Archambeau: Artist, Teacher, Collector, with essays by Helen Delacretaz and Edward Lebow. His son, also named Robert Archambeau, is a poet and literary critic, whose works include the books Word Play Place, Home and Variations, and Laureates and Heretics.
Body of work
His work, heavily influenced by Japanese ceramics, has been exhibited internationally. His works are held in many major public and private collections around the world.
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