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Ildiko de Balas

(1931-2016, b. Hungary) lived and worked in Hungary and Belgium One Plus One, 1973 stoneware, 36.25 x 21 x 11 inches, 93.39.36 A Belgian artist with Hungarian roots, Ildiko de […]

Dale Baucum

(b. 1951) lives in Memphis Pot with Abstract Design, 1977 ceramic, 18 ¾ x 18 ¾ inches, 77.36.10 “Somewhere between 1969 and 1973, I lost all memory of ever wanting […]

James Darrow

(b. 1939) Lives and works in Knoxville, Tennessee Green Headdress Jar, 1975 clay, salt glaze, 14.5 x 9.75 x 6.5 inches, 93.39.14ab In the spring of 1971, under the auspices […]

Maritza Davila

(b.1952 Santurce, Puerto Rico) lives in Memphis Dona Lola, 2002 intaglio print on paper, 42 x 20.25 x 1 inches, 2008.167.3.1 Davila studied at the University of Puerto Rico from […]

Hoyt “Jake” Davis

(1925-2015) lived in Woodbury Rocking Chair white oak and hickory wood, nails, 45 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 31 3/4 inches, 2002.52 One of five chairmaking sons of locally renowned […]

Silvia Defraoui

(b. 1935, Vufflens-le-Chateau, Switzerland) lives and works Switzerland and Spain Raku, 1973 clay, 4.5 x 3.25 x 3.5 inches, 93.39.256 Silvia Defraoui was raised in St. Gallen, Switzerland, and at […]

Colette Delozanne

(b. 1931, Borget, France) lives and works in Caracas, Venezuela Inti, 1973 stoneware, 6.5 x 10 x 4.25 inches, 93.39.59 Born in France, Colette Delozanne began studying languages and art […]

Scott DeWaard

(n.d.) lives in Walland Family Cabinet Model, 2015 walnut and pine, 17 x 13 x 4 inches This model was exhibited in the Master Artist Apprenticeship Program (MAAP) at the […]

Avaree Dickerson

(1920-2008) lived in Hillsboro Double Wedding Ring Quilt, 1960-1970 cotton, 90 x 77 inches, 70.36.51 This hand quilted and pieced patchwork design quilt utilizes cotton fabrics, some of which have […]

Carmen Dionyse

(1921-2013) born and lived in Ghent, Belgium Bust, 1975 stoneware, 23.5 x 17 x 9 inches, 93.39.226 From 1938 to 1946 Dionyse studied painting, printmaking, and applied arts at the […]

John Donovan

(n.d.) lives in Nashville Brave Foo-Foo, n.d. clay raku fired terracotta, 16 x 12 x 26 inches, 2015.65.9 Brave Foo-Foo is a warrior mounted on a Haniwa styled horse with […]

David Driskell

(1931-2020) born in Eatonton, GA; lived briefly in Nashville and died in Hyattsville, MD Round Still Life, 1965 oil on canvas, 40 x 30 x 1.5 inches, 80.103 While living […]

Lucius Beddinger DuBose

(1932-2022) born in Columbia, SC and lived in Nashville Marigold Contemplates Her Death, 1971 etching on paper, 17 x 11 inches, 1998.126 In 1972 this work was selected as a […]

Hattie Duncan

(b.1947) lives in Jackson Dora, (n.d.) paper, paint, glue, 27.5 x 7.5 inches, 2015.65.36 As the daughter of a sharecropper who “was always sketching, painting and doodling” in his spare […]

Denise Frankinet

(1922-2016) born and lived in Leuven, Belgium Teapot, 1971 salt glazed stoneware, 10.5 x 7.5 x 5 inches, 93.39.123 In the spring of 1971, under the auspices of the International […]

David Gibson

(n.d.) born in Chicago and lives in Nashville Untitled (blown glass bottle), 2008 colored glass, 8 ½ x 5 ½ inches, 2015.65.15 When Gibson was 18 he worked at Cumberland […]

Samuel Dunson, Jr.

(b. 1970) lives in Nashville Sweet Nothings in a Goddess’ Ear, 2008 mixed media on canvas, 35 x 50 inches, 2009.54.5 Dunson received his B.S. in studio art at Tennessee […]

Dennis Peacock

(b. 1953) lived in Knoxville TN, and now lives in Shelton Washington Three Points, 1970-1971 steel, 77 x 34 x 11 inches, 74.11.11 Peacock earned  a bachelor’s degree in art […]

Dumitru Radulescu

(b. 1942) lives and works in Bucharest, Romania Object II, 1973 stoneware, 8.5 x 23.25 inches, 93.39.209 In the spring of 1971, under the auspices of the International Academy of Ceramics, […]

Dorothy Sturm

(1910-1988) born and lived in Memphis Enamel and Glass on Copper, 1970 enamel, glass, and copper, 9.125 x 8.125 x .75 inches, 70.36.30 When Sturm turned 19, she left Memphis […]