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10 Facts About Robert Archambeau

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Robert Archambeau was a Canadian ceramic artist and potter.

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Robert Archambeau had an academic career in post-secondary art studies.

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Robert Archambeau served four years in the US 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.

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Robert Archambeau earned his Masters of Fine Arts degree from New York State College of Ceramics on the campus of Alfred University in 1964.

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Robert Archambeau's son, named Robert Archambeau, is a poet and literary critic, whose works include the books Word Play Place, Home and Variations, and Laureates and Heretics.

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Robert Archambeau's works are held in many major public and private collections around the world.

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Robert Archambeau is particularly noted for his production of wood fired ceramics.

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Robert Archambeau worked closely with painter Don Reichert, who was a colleague at the University of Manitoba.

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Robert Archambeau was Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Manitoba, where he taught for 23 years, retiring in 1991.

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Robert Archambeau taught at the Rhode Island School of Design.