{ "data": { "id": 174073, "accession_number": "1932.963", "share_license_status": "Copyrighted", "tombstone": "Still-Life Plaque, c. 1931\u201332. Viktor Schreckengost (American, 1906\u20132008), in collaboration with Cowan Pottery Studio (America, Rocky River, Ohio, 1920\u20131931). Ceramic with underglaze painting and clear glaze; diameter: 41.3 cm (16 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection, 1932.963", "current_location": "228B Cleveland Artists", "title": "Still-Life Plaque", "creation_date": "c. 1931\u201332", "creation_date_earliest": 1931, "creation_date_latest": 1932, "artists_tags": [ "male", "May Show", "Cleveland Institute of Art (alumni)", "Cleveland School", "Cleveland Institute of Art (faculty)" ], "culture": [ "America, Ohio, Cleveland" ], "technique": "ceramic with underglaze painting and clear glaze", "support_materials": [], "department": "Decorative Art and Design", "collection": "Decorative Arts", "type": "Ceramic", "measurements": "Diameter: 41.3 cm (16 1/4 in.)", "dimensions": { "diameter": { "width": 0.413, "width_inch": 16, "width_inch_fraction": 0.25 } }, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [ { "inscription": "on bottom: \"Viktor Schreckengost.\"", "inscription_translation": null, "inscription_remark": null, "sortorder": null } ], "exhibitions": { "current": [ { "id": 382023, "title": "The May Show: 14th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen", "description": "The May Show: 14th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 27-June 5, 1932).", "opening_date": "1932-04-27T04:00:00" }, { "id": 312185, "title": "Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show", "description": "Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 13-February 14, 1943).", "opening_date": "1943-01-13T05:00:00" }, { "id": 309667, "title": "Circa 1930", "description": "Circa 1930. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 12-October 31, 1983).", "opening_date": "1983-04-12T05:00:00" }, { "id": 310252, "title": "Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940", "description": "Cleveland Art Comes of Age: 1919-1940. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 28-September 10, 1989).", "opening_date": "1989-06-28T04:00:00" }, { "id": 189020, "title": "Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-century Design", "description": "Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-century Design. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 12, 2000-February 4, 2001).", "opening_date": "2000-11-12T00:00:00" } ], "legacy": [] }, "provenance": [], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [ "1756.1932", "963.1932" ], "did_you_know": null, "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "Viktor Schreckengost began his career around 1930 designing artistic ceramics, such as this Cubist-inspired charger for Cowan Pottery in which he depicts angular, fragmented forms from multiple perspectives. Working with innovative bright glazes, Schreckengost created bold compositions that were both affordable and sophisticated decorative artworks for the Depression-era consumer.", "external_resources": { "wikidata": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117230298" ], "internet_archive": [] }, "citations": [ { "citation": "Adams, Henry, and Viktor Schreckengost. Viktor Schreckengost and 20th-Century Design. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2000.", "page_number": "exh. cat. no. 43, p. 163, color repr. p. 47", "url": null }, { "citation": "Basset, Mark and Naumann, Victoria. Cowan Pottery and the Cleveland School. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1997. pp. 283-6, 314-5.", "page_number": "", "url": "" }, { "citation": "Viktor Schreckengost Entry Card to 1932 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.", "page_number": null, "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMS02638" } ], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1932.963", "images": {}, "alternate_images": [], "creditline": "Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection", "image_credit": null, "sketchfab_id": null, "sketchfab_url": null, "gallery_donor_text": "William P. and Amanda C. Madar Gallery", "athena_id": 174073, "creators": [ { "id": 18616, "description": "Viktor Schreckengost (American, 1906\u20132008)", "extent": null, "qualifier": null, "role": "artist", "biography": null, "name_in_original_language": null, "birth_year": "1906", "death_year": "2008", "use_in_caption": true, "include_extent": false, "weight": 1 }, { "id": 681237, "description": "Cowan Pottery Studio (America, Rocky River, Ohio, 1920\u20131931)", "extent": null, "qualifier": "in collaboration with", "role": "made at", "biography": "The Cowan Pottery Studio was founded by R. Guy Cowan in Lakewood, Ohio, United States in 1912. It moved to Rocky River, Ohio in 1920, and operated until 1931, when the financial stress of the Great Depression resulted in its bankruptcy. Cowan Pottery produced both artistic and commercial work in a variety of styles influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement, Art Deco, Chinese ceramics, and modern sculpture.

During its two decades of operation, a number of well-known Cleveland School artists worked with Cowan at the studio: Elizabeth Anderson, Arthur Eugene Baggs, Alexander Blazys, Paul Bogatay, Edris Eckhardt, Waylande Gregory, A. Drexler Jacobson, Raoul Josset, Paul Manship, Jos\u00e9 Martin, Herman Matzen, F. Luis Mora, Elmer L. Novotny, Margaret Postgate, Stephen Rebeck, Guy L. Rixford, Viktor Schreckengost, Elsa Vick Shaw, Walter Sinz, Frank N. Wilcox, H. Edward Winter, and Thelma Frazier Winter. With the exception of Guy Cowan, himself, Waylande Gregory designed more pieces for the pottery than anyone else. Among Cowan's finest pieces were three limited edition figures relating to dance, including \"Salome\" (1928), \"The Nautch Dancer,\" (1930), and \"The Burlesque Dancer,\" (1930). For the last two, Gregory made sketches from the side of the stage of the well-known Ziegfeld Follies star, Gilda Grey, when she was performing in Cleveland.", "name_in_original_language": null, "use_in_caption": true, "include_extent": false, "weight": 2 } ], "legal_status": "accessioned", "accession_date": "1932-04-26T00:00:00", "sortable_date": 1931, "date_added_to_oa": null, "date_text": "c. 1931\u201332", "collapse_artists": false, "on_loan": false, "recently_acquired": false, "record_type": "object", "conservation_statement": null, "has_conservation_images": false, "cover_accession_number": null, "is_nazi_era_provenance": false, "impression": null, "alternate_titles": [ "Plaque: Still Life" ], "is_highlight": false, "updated_at": "2026-06-11 12:17:40.550000" } }