Marvin Bentley Lipofsky was an American glass artist.
11 Facts About Marvin Lipofsky
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Marvin Lipofsky was one of the six students that Studio Glass founder Harvey Littleton instructed in a program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in fall 1962 and spring 1963.
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Marvin Lipofsky was a central figure in the dissemination of the American Studio Glass Movement, introducing it to California through his tenure as an instructor at the University of California, Berkeley and the California College of Arts and Crafts.
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Marvin Lipofsky would introduce the concepts of the movement during his subsequent tenure as a Design instructor at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught until 1972.
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Marvin Lipofsky has been an instructor for seminars and workshops at art and craft schools, including the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington; Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio, Southwest Craft Center in San Antonio, Texas; Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine; Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem, Israel; San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California and the Art Department of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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Marvin Lipofsky died from complications of diabetes on January 15,2016.
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In 1967 Marvin Lipofsky founded the glass program at the California College of Arts and Crafts, which he headed for two decades.
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Marvin Lipofsky was one of the first American glass artists to travel to Czechoslovakia, where a studio glass movement had arisen in the 1950s.
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Marvin Lipofsky is best known for the organic form of his pieces.
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Marvin Lipofsky's work has been collected by many public institutions worldwide.
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Marvin Lipofsky was an alumnus of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity.