Karl Martz

Karl Martz
Karl Martz, 1951, at the potter's wheel.
Karl Martz in 1951
Born (1912-06-23)June 23, 1912
Columbus, Ohio
Died May 27, 1997(1997-05-27) (aged 84)
Bloomington, Indiana
Nationality USA
Known for Ceramic Art and Professor, School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington
Spouse(s) Margaret Rebekah "Becky" Brown
Website martzpots.org

Karl Martz (1912 – 1997) was an American studio potter, ceramic artist, and teacher whose work achieved national and international recognition.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

He founded the Ceramic Arts Program in the Department of Fine Arts at Indiana University (Bloomington) in 1945, where he taught studio ceramics and ceramic history until his retirement in 1977.[7] He was President of the Design Section of the Ceramics Education Council of the American Ceramic Society in 1965,[9] a leader in creation of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) in 1966,[9] and was inducted as a Fellow of the American Craft Council in 1992.[10] Examples of his work are (or were) in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC,[6][7][11] the Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo,[7] the Museum of Decorative Arts in Lisbon, the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York,[12][7] the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis,[7] the IBM Corporation, The Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse New York,[13] the Minnesota Museum of Art in St. Paul, the Hall Collection at the University of Nebraska, and several museums in Indiana including the Midwest Museum of American Art,[14] the Indiana University Art Museum[15] and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Biography

Professional career

Beginnings

Martz’s first exposure to a professional ceramic art studio was in 1931 when he attended a summer course at Ohio State University. For the summer of 1932, the Griffith Pottery in tiny Nashville, Brown County, Indiana (a tourist destination and artist’s colony) hired Martz to improve their glaze formulas. In 1933, Martz graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington, with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He worked again at the Griffith Pottery in summer, 1933. In 1933-34, Martz returned to Ohio State University to do graduate work in ceramic art with Arthur E. Baggs, Carlton Atherton, and Edgar Littlefield. He then worked for a year as an apprentice at the Brown County Pottery. In 1935, he married, and began a series of rustic studios in the woods near Nashville, Indiana. [1][2][4][6]

Pre-War Studio

Colorful earthenware by Karl Martz ca. 1938
Colorful earthenware by Karl Martz ca. 1938. Photo attributed to Frank Hohenberger.

In about 1936, Martz was discovered by his subsequent patron Scott Murphy,[16] an art collector who had a summer home in Nashville, Indiana. Murphy funded Martz to move his studio from its remote location in the woods to downtown Nashville, where many more tourists would encounter his work. Murphy also funded a new showroom.[17]

During the period from 1935-1942, Martz was enormously productive, making colorful earthenware. In 1936 and 1937, starting at age 24, his work was exhibited in the National Ceramic Exhibition in Syracuse, New York, and included in the exhibit circuit. This was the first of widespread recognition he achieved during the remainder of his life (see Recognition). Nationally syndicated journalist Ernie Pyle described Martz in 1940 as follows:

Karl Martz is reticent, low-spoken, gratefully polite. He does not speak in arty terms. ... The parlor of his home is the exhibition room. In it today stand the most beautiful pieces of pottery I have ever seen. Each piece is an individual thing, almost with a soul. He never makes a duplicate of anything. ... The ingenuity and artistry that he fashions into his clay are actually touching.[5][18] (Newspaper clipping and subsequent correspondence.)

Wartime

By 1942, tourist traffic in Brown County, Indiana, had largely ceased due to World War II gas rationing. For the remainder of the war, Martz did research in ceramics at Carnegie-Illinois Steel Company and Armour Research Foundation in Chicago, Illinois. In 1944, he taught ceramic art part time at the Chicago Institute of Design directed by László Moholy-Nagy, and at Hull House, where the family lived.[2]

Indiana University

In Spring, 1945, Martz was hired by Henry Radford Hope.[19] Hope chaired the Fine Arts Department (later the School of Fine Arts) at Indiana University from 1941 to 1968. Martz began as Instructor of ceramic art. Ceramic equipment was difficult to obtain after the War, so the University bought all the equipment and supplies from Martz’s earlier private studio.[20]

Martz achieved national and international recognition over the next four decades, both as an educator and as a ceramic artist (see Recognition). In the 1950’s, he began doing sculptural work in stoneware and later, Asian-inspired porcelain, as well as continuing functional and sculptural earthenware. In 1952, Martz participated in the seminal summer workshop at Black Mountain College, North Carolina, working with Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada, Marguerite Wildenhain, Peter Voulkos, and Warren MacKenzie.[3] In 1957, Martz and Harvey Littleton spent ten days at the historic Jugtown Pottery near Seagrove, North Carolina, where they learned traditional salt-glazed stoneware techniques.[21] In the 1960’s and 70s, he did two sabbatical semesters in Japan (see Sabbaticals), which influenced his work. In 1965, he was elected President of the Design Section of the Ceramics Education Council of the American Ceramic Society (ACS).[9] In 1966, he was a leader in the separation of that group from the ACS and the founding of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA).[9] In 1992, he was inducted as a Fellow of the American Craft Council.[10]

Sabbaticals

Vase by Karl Martz, ca. 1972, influenced by Totaro Sakuma. Probably made in Mashiko, Japan, during a sabbatical.
  • 1952-53, Sabbatical in New York City. Studied drawing with Seong Moy for five months, and did independent study of Japanese brush drawing, Chinese Han Dynasty tomb tile impressed decoration, and color (Ostwald, Munsell, Birren, and others).[22]
  • 1963-64, Sabbatical, Kyoto, Japan. Studied materials, equipment and methods used by Mingei (folk art) potters; blue and white porcelain techniques with Japanese National Treasure Yuzo Kondo. Visited pottery centers Onda, Koishiwara, Matsuyama (Tobe, Seriguchi), Tokushima (Otani), Imbe and Hinase (Bizen), Kurashiki, Tachikui (Tamba), Seto, Tajimi, Kanazawa (Kutani), and Mashiko. Five months.[22]
  • 1971-72, Sabbatical, Mashiko, Japan.[22] Worked for five months in the studios of Hiroshi Seto[23] and Totaro Sakuma.[24][25]

Students

During his 37 years at Indiana University, Martz mentored many students who earned Bachelor's or Masters of Fine Art (BFA, MFA) degrees. Some are listed below. More are listed at Students of Karl Martz (at MartzPots.Org). If you know of a student who should be added, please contact Eric Martz.

  • Adams, Richard. MFA Indiana University 1976. Studied with Karl Martz, Tatsuzo Shimaoka and Shoji Hamada. Formerly chaired art departments at two universities. Retired 1999. In 2015, resided in Panama City, FL.
  • Black, David, noted Sculptor.
  • Blackburn, Antonio Montenegro (1929-2013). Teacher and artist. Formerly professor of Sculpture and Design, University of Cincinnatti, OH. After retirement, resided in White Plains, NY.
  • Fraser, Rosemary (1930-2009). Founded The Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana, in 1968, which exhibited and sold the art and ceramics of Indiana Craftsmen for over 25 years. Obituary.
  • Frey, Barbara, Professor of Ceramics, Art Department, Texas A&M University at Commerce. BFA Indiana Univesity 1976, MFA Syracuse University.
  • Gearheart, Philip (1935-1998).
  • Gorman, James. MFA in Ceramics, Indiana University, 1976. Independent studio potter in Connecticut.
  • Guenther, John R., Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts, formerly Head of Ceramics Department, Indiana University Southeast.
  • Hostetler, David (1926-2015). Sculptor. BFA Indiana University, 1949. DavidHostetler.Com.
  • Hymes, Dell Hathaway (1927-2009). Linguistic anthropologist. Ph.D. Indiana University, 1955.
  • Ichimura, Reiko Higashio. Tokyo, Japan. Jewelry, studied with Alma Eikerman at Indiana University. Listed as a distinguished alumna.
  • Kapos, June Ellenwood (1927-2016). Obituary. Examples of work.
  • Koop, Kathy (1944-2013). Professor of Art, Westminster College, New Wilmington PA. Retrospective Exhibition Catalog. Kathy Koop's Retrospectacular (YouTube, 30 sec). Obituary.
  • Lee, Stanley (deceased 2006). Ed.D, Indiana University, 1970. Taught art education at Indiana/Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Author of 23 Tales: Memories of Karl Martz.
  • Marsh, Ginny (Virginia Jean). Description of her work by Becky Brown Martz in 2001.
  • Marsh, Thomas (Deceased 1991).[26][27] Professor and Chair of Ceramics at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. Marsh remembered Karl Martz as a teacher who was

"understated, highly organized and meticulous. He gave students a great deal of freedom. For me, it was magic. I loved it."[28]

  • Paradis, H. James
  • Peeler, Richard (1926-1998):
    • Fouts, Russell (2005). "Richard and Marj Peeler (biography)". Retrieved October 2, 2018.
    • "DePauw's New Art Center Named in Honor of Alumnus & Former Faculty Member". Depauw.edu. October 2, 2002. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
    • "Exhibition of Ceramics by Prof. Richard Peeler '49 and Nine Former Students". Depauw.edu. January 16, 2013. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
    • "Marks of Richard and Marj Peeler". MarksProject.Org. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  • Reese, Claudia. Cera-Mix Studios, Austin TX.
  • Spinski, Victor (1940-2013). MFA in Ceramics, 1967, from Indiana University. Professor, Department of Art, University of Delaware until he retired in 2006.
    • Shaykett, Jessica (January 23, 2013). "Remembering: Victor Spinski". CraftCouncil.Org. American Craft Council. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
    • "Victor Spinski (marks and short biography)". TheMarksProject.Org. The Marks Project, Inc. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
    • "Victor Spinski Retrospective". TheClayStudio.Org. 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
    • "Photos of Work and Auction Prices". LiveAuctioneers.Com. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
    • "Obituary". University of Delaware, UDaily. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  • Waters, Sara, Professor in Sculpture, Texas Tech University. MFA Indiana University 1977.
    • Dean, Hannah. "Sara Waters". TheBowerBirdLBK.Com. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
    • Mason, Richard (December 23, 1988). "Sara Waters Interview (audio tapes)". Texas Tech University. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  • Watkins, James C. (1951- ), Professor of Architectural Delineation in the College of Architecture, Texas Tech University. MFA in Ceramics at Indiana Univesity, 1977.
  • Weakland, Jean M., MFA 1967. Professor Emerita (retired 1989), Department of Visual and Performing Arts Department, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia. Former studio: Gale Gallery and Glashaus Pottery, Waldport OR USA; and Vancouver BC Canada.

Personal life

Early life

Karl Martz was born in Columbus, Ohio, USA to Velorus Martz (high school principal and later Professor of Education at Indiana University) and Amy Lee Kidwell Martz.

While I was in high school [1925-29], the whole family took a motor trip through the West. The car got into the sand in New Mexico and ripped out its differential, and we were stuck waiting for its replacement. So we put up our tent and stayed a couple of weeks. I entertained myself in part by making little pots and firing them in a pit -- I'd read the Indians did this. I still have one of them.[4]

Wife, Early Studios, & Children

Martz graduated from Indiana University in 1933 with a batchelor’s degree in Chemistry. In 1935, he married Margaret Rebekah “Becky” Brown. Initially, they lived in a small cabin on a hill just South of Nashville, Indiana, where Karl built his first kiln:

"I built a kiln out in the woods. Didn't know a thing about building kilns, of course. I got a big 20 gallon stoneware crock, knocked the bottom out to get a draft, and put a pan underneath to drip oil into so the flame would come up through. Can you believe this? It smoked terribly -- great clouds -- and the neighbors thought we were running a moonshine still. But I could get copper reds on the bottom and chrome reds on top, all in the same firing. Pretty soon I talked my dad into financing a real kiln."[4]

Soon they rented a cabin in the woods, North of Nashville, Indiana, where Karl’s father-in-law helped to add a studio room to the house. Later they had several studio-homes in the tourist town and art colony of Nashville, in Brown County, Indiana. They had two sons, Eric in 1940, and Brian in 1942. Becky learned ceramics from her husband, initially making small items to sell to tourists. Later, Becky developed her own style, making charming and whimsical animal sculptures, and earning a regional reputation.

Martz Studio & Bloomington

Martz designed a home and studio on the outskirts of Nashville, Indiana, the ‘’Martz Studio’’, and built it largely with his own hands, starting in 1949. In 1954, the family took up academic-year residence in Bloomington, Indiana, to enable their two boys to attend the University School, which was academically much superior to the school in Nashville IN. Eric became a professor of biological science, and Brian, a musician and professor of music. Martz and his wife continued to spend weekends and summers at the Nashville Martz Studio, making and selling pottery there, until 1961, when they sold it and moved to a modest home at 105 N. Overhill Dr. in Bloomington, Indiana, where their lives had become centered. They converted the attached garage into a ceramics studio, where Martz and his wife continued to make pottery and ceramic sculpture until precluded by failing health. Upon Karl’s death in 1997, they had been married for 62 years.

Personality

Martz had an unassuming and modest demeanor, preferring to be called a potter. He battled life-long depression.[2] In the late 1930's/early 1940's, he enjoyed acting in plays (some written or directed by Joseph Hayes) at the Brown County Theater. He played the piano, mostly boogie woogie, sometimes entertaining his children and nieces with musically-accompanied stories.

Decline and Death

In his final years, Martz became nearly blind due to macular degeneration, and also suffered significant hearing loss. Shortly before his 85th birthday, unable to recover from gall bladder surgery, he died from natural causes (Obituary). His wife Becky declined with a gradual dementia, living until 2011, age 96 (Obituary).

Published works

Journal Articles

  • 1952: Wax resist decoration, Craft Horizons 12(4).
  • 1953-1968: Twenty-six technical articles in Ceramics Monthly. These are listed at MartzPots.Org.[29]
    • 1953: Five articles.
    • 1959: Four articles.
    • 1960: Ten articles
    • 1961: Six articles.
    • 1968: One article.

Films

1948-1954

Craftsmanship in Clay, a series of six 16 mm films featuring and scripted by Karl Martz, produced by the (then) Indiana University Audio-Visual Center. These have been digitized and can be viewed online. Martz was age 36-42.

* Those marked with an asterisk are too dark, making it difficult to see clearly. Simple slab methods is too dark at the beginning and end, but from 2:30 to 6:45, it is much brighter.

1975

This later film features Thomas Marsh and Ginny Marsh, Kathy Salchow, John Goodheart, and Karl Martz (18:35 to 23:35). Martz was age 63.

Recognition, Awards, Honors and Distinctions

The list below is excerpted from Martz's Curriculum Vitae.[22]

1930's

  • 1936-1940: won 35 prizes for pottery in the Indiana State Fair.
  • 1936 & 1937: Work exhibited in the National Ceramic Exhibition in Syracuse and included in the circuit.
  • 1937: Invited to exhibit in the 2nd Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Pennsylvania.
  • 1938: Invitational, Rural Arts Exhibit, Dept. Agriculture, Washington, DC.
  • 1939: prize for pottery in the Indiana Handicrafts Annual.

1940's

  • 1940: Invited to exhibit in the 5th Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Pennsylvania.
  • 1940: Invited, Exhibition of Ceramics, National Arts Club, New York City.
  • 1940: Invited, Fifth Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Pennsylvania.

1950's

  • 1953:
    • First Prize, Second Indiana Biennial Ceramic Exhibition, Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana.
    • Maud Ainslie Craft Award, Louisville Art Center Annual Exhibition, Louisville, Kentucky.
  • 1955: First Prize, Third Indiana Biennial Ceramic Exhibition, Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • 1956:
    • Juried National Scholastic Art Awards, Ceramics and Sculpture Section, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
    • Third Prize, Miami National Ceramic Exhibition, Miami Florida.
  • 1957:
    • First Prize, Fourth Indiana Biennial Ceramic Exhibition, Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana.
    • Award of Merit, Fiber-Clay-Metal Exhibition, St. Paul Gallery of Fine Arts, Minnesota.
  • 1958:
    • Invited, Fiber-Clay-Metal, USA. U.S. Information Agency Craft Exhibition, circulated in Europe. Selected by the Minnesota Museum of Art, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
    • Second Invitational Craft Exhibit, Louisville Art Center, Kentucky.
    • Juried Fifth Annual Exhibit, Ceramic League of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Museum, Ohio.
  • 1959: Invited, XXth International Ceramic Exhibit, Syracuse Museum, Syracuse NY. Seven European countries participated. Also shown in the Metropolitan Museum, NYC.

1960's

  • 1960:
    • Invited, Cultural Exchange Exhibit, Smithsonian Institution and throughout Europe. Assembled by the Design Division, American Ceramic Society. Sponsored in Europe by the Academie Internationale de la Ceramique, Paris, France.
    • Invited, The Fourth Invitational Craft Exhibition, Art Center Association of Louisville, Kentucky.
  • 1961: One artist show at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
  • 1962: Clay Today, State Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City.
  • 1963:
    • Invitational, Ninth International Exhibition of Ceramic Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
    • Invitational, First San Jose National Ceramic Exhibition, San Jose State College, California.
    • Juried 17th Michigan Artist-Craftsman Exhibition, Detroit Institute of Art, Michigan.
    • One-artist show at McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas.
  • 1964:
    • Invitational, International Ceramic Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan.
    • Invitational, International Ceramic Exhibition, Tenmaya Department Store, Art Gallery, Okayama, Japan.
    • Juried Washington Crafts Council Exhibition, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC.
  • 1965: Elected President of the Design Section of the Ceramics Education Council of the American Ceramic Society (ACS).[9]
  • 1966:
    • As President (see 1965), was a leader in the separation of that group from the ACS and the founding of the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA).[9]
    • Juried Ceramic Arts—USA—1966, International Minerals and Chemical Corporation, Skokie, Illinois. (Thirty pieces from this Exhibition were also shown at the Smithsonian Institution.)
  • 1967:
    • Invitational, Acquisitions, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NYC.
    • Invitational, Tri-State Invitational Crafts Exhibition, University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • 1969: Invitational, Twenty Five Years of Art in Clay—USA, Scripps College, Claremont, California.

1970's And Beyond

  • 1971: Invitational, Introspection / 71, North Central Regional Invitational, Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan.
  • 1972: Inducted as a Fellow of NCECA (see 1966).[9]
  • 1974:
    • Invitational, Seven Potters, Connecticut College, New London.
    • Invitational, Indiana Stoneware, Indianapolis Museum of Art.
  • 1975:
    • Invitational, Masters in Ceramic Art, Fairtree Gallery, New York, NY. Also shown in the Everson Museum, Syracuse NY, and at Alfred University, Alfred NY.
    • Invitational, Emphasis on the Arts, Craft Invitational, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.
    • Bingham Professor of Humanities, University of Louisville, Kentucky (spring semester).[7] Taught Glaze Composition and History of Ceramics.
  • 1977: Major retrospective exhibit at the Indiana University Art Museum on the occasion of Martz's retirement.[7][30]
  • 1980: Invitational, Opening Exhibition, Greenwood Gallery, Washington DC.
  • 1982: Invitational, Continuity and Change: Three Generations of American Potters, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania.
  • 1988: Distinguished Hoosier Award presented by Governor Robert D. Orr of Indiana, following a Retrospective Exhibition at the Herron Museum of Art, Indianapolis.
  • 1989: Distinguished Hoosier awarded by Indiana Governor Robert D. Orr.[7]
  • 1992: Inducted as a Fellow of the American Craft Council.[10] Awarded in June at the American Craft Museum in New York City.

The above is not a complete list. It excludes many events in Martz's home state of Indiana. Additional exhibitions and honors are listed in Martz's 1977 retrospective catalog,[31] in his timeline elsewhere,[32] and in Martz's Curriculum Vitae.[22]

Posthumous Recognition

  • 2004: The exhibit Common Clay at the Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, featured Karl's life and work prominently. Timed to coincide with the 2004 national conference of NCECA held in March.
  • 2007:
    • Several works by Martz were included in Stardust Memories: Fifty Years at Indiana University Bloomington, an exhibit at the Huff Gallery of Spalding University, Louisville KY, coinciding with the national conference of NCECA.
    • Several works by Martz were exhibited at the Black Mountain College Museum (Asheville NC) in Breaking New Ground: The Studio Potter + Black Mountain College, Sept. 21, 2007 - Jan. 30, 2008. This exhibit commemorated the 1952 ceramics workshop held at the College, led by Shoji Hamada and Bernard Leach, among other notables.[3]
  • 2008: A new, permanent exhibition of ceramics at the Midwest Museum of American Art (Elkhart, Indiana USA) includes over a dozen works by Karl (spanning 1931-1980's) and several by Becky Brown, thanks to the energetic collecting and generosity of Douglas and Barbara Grant.
  • 2009: Publication of the book Clay Times Three by Kathy M. McKimmie.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. 1 2 Bowie, Theodore, Karl Martz, pages 3-5 in Karl Martz, potter, Retrospective, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana. 1977.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 McKimmie, Kathy M. (2009). Clay Times Three. The tale of three Nashville, Indiana Potteries. ISBN 978-0-615-31993-3. Privately published. 100 pages including index. Pages 47-83 cover Karl Martz and Becky Brown. 20 color photographs of works by Karl Martz, several portrait photos, and similar coverage of Becky Brown. 2010 eBook available from Indiana University Press.
  3. 1 2 3 Breaking New Ground. The Studio Potter + Black Mountain College. Exhibition Catalog, 2007. Commemorates the 1952 and 1953 summer pottery symposia attended by Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada, Marguerite Wildenhain, Peter Voulkos, Warren MacKenzie and Karl Martz, among others. Black Mountain Museum and Arts Center, Asheville, North Carolina, USA.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Conversations with Indiana Potters: Karl Martz". The Studio Potter. 19 (2): 46–47. June 1991.
  5. 1 2 Pyle, Ernie (1980). Images of Brown County. The Museum Shop, 202 N. Alabama St., Indianapolis Indiana 46204. Page 33 reproduces Pyle's description of Karl Martz, dated August 24, 1940. This is reproduced from Pyle's nationally syndicated newspaper column.
  6. 1 2 3 McKimmie, Kathy (Winter 2010). "Hooked on Glazes: Karl Martz remembered, Becky Brown Martz rediscovered". Journal of the American Art Pottery Association. 26 (1): 10–14. Includes seven photos of pots by Karl (five in color), three color photos of works by Becky, and two black and white portraits.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Karl Martz papers, 1949-1992. Includes biographical sketch. Indiana University Archives, Bloomington, Indiana. Accessed September 25, 2018.
  8. ↑ Coleman, Thomas F. Obituary: Karl Martz. Published (but not online) in the Bloomington Herald Times May 29, 1997; and in the Indiana Daily Student (Indiana University) June 2, 1997. Available online at MartzPots.Org. Thomas F. Coleman was Professor in the School of Fine Arts, Indiana University.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Brisson, Harriet E. NCECA, The First 25 Years, 1966-1991. Scholes Library, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Online at NCECA.net.
  10. 1 2 3 "American Craft Council College of Fellows". craftcouncil.org. American Craft Council. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  11. ↑ Gallaway, Sally (October 1968). "Karl Martz". Ceramics Monthly. 16 (8): 12–17.
  12. ↑ The Museum of Contemporary Crafts (now the Museum of Arts and Design) de-accessioned this work in 2007 or 2009 according to a 2018 inquiry and replies by curatorial staff Angelik Vizcarrondo and Samantha de Tillio.
  13. ↑ "Plate by Karl Martz, 1941, object 63.33". collections.everson.org. Everson Museum of Art. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  14. ↑ The Midwest Museum of American Art (Elkhart, Indiana) has more than a dozen pieces by Martz, donated by Doug and Barbara Grant. In 2008, these were on display along with works by many other mid-twentieth century studio potters, in a room devoted largely to works of the Overbeck Sisters.
  15. ↑ "Search for Karl Martz at the Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University". artmuseum.indiana.edu. Eskenazi Museum of Art. Retrieved September 25, 2018. This museum has (or had) about twenty pieces by Martz.
  16. ↑ Martz, Eric. "Scott & Ellen Murphy and their impact on Karl Martz's early career". MartzPots.Org. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  17. ↑ Martz, Eric. "1938-42: The Pink House". MartzPots.Org. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  18. ↑ Pyle, Ernie, Traveling (a nationally syndicated column): Page 17, August 29, 1940. This clipping believed to be from The Cincinnati Enquirer.
  19. ↑ "Henry R. Hope papers, 1932-1967". Archives Online at Indiana University. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
  20. ↑ See reference 1, which this citation should go to (technical problem).
  21. ↑ Martz, Karl (n.d.). "Jugtown Pottery and Karl Martz's Visit in 1957". Karl Martz & Becky Brown, Potters. Retrieved September 23, 2018.
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 Information taken from Karl Martz's Curriculum Vitae, inherited by User:Eric Martz. Document may be available in Karl Martz papers (Indiana University Archives -- see separate citation) or in the Indiana University Art Library.
  23. ↑ "Square Vase, 1984. Seto Hiroshi (Japanese, 1941-1994)". www.clevelandart.org. The Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  24. ↑ Yellin, Robert (2000). "Sakuma, Totaro (Mashiko, Mingei)". The Japan Times. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  25. ↑ "Totaro Sakuma (Japanese, 1900-1976)". artnet.com. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  26. ↑ Waits, Keith (March 10, 2017). "Feature: Tom Marsh Legacy". Louisville Visual Art. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  27. ↑ "The Marks Project: Edwin Thomas Marsh". TheMarksProject.Org. The Marks Project, Inc. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  28. ↑ American Craft. 57 (5): 22. Oct–Nov 1997. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  29. ↑ Martz, Eric. "Publications authored by or about Karl Martz, and his Films". MartzPots.Org. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  30. ↑ "Karl Martz Retrospective" (PDF). Ceramics Monthly. 25 (5): 27–34. May 1977. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  31. ↑ Karl Martz, potter, Retrospective. Pages 55-62. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana. 1977.
  32. ↑ Martz, Eric. "Karl Martz Timeline". MartzPots.Org. Retrieved September 25, 2018.

Further reading

  • Nelson, Glenn C. (1960). Ceramics. Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Page 14.
  • Gallaway, Sally (October 1968). "Karl Martz". Ceramics Monthly. 16 (8): 12–17. Includes a portrait photo and five photographs of his ceramic works.
  • Nelson, Glenn C. (1971). Ceramics, A Potter's Handbook (3rd ed.). Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Page 194.
  • Karl Martz, potter, Retrospective. Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana. 1977. Publication Number 1977/1. 64 pages including a 2-page biography by Theodore Bowie, a listing of 222 ceramic pieces that were in the retrospective show, 30 black and white photos, and listings of One-Artist Shows, International Exhibitions, Juried Exhibitions, Other Exhibitions, Awards, Shows Juried by Karl Martz, Permanent Collections, Publications/Articles, Films, and Photographs of Work Published.
  • "Karl Martz Retrospective" (PDF). Ceramics Monthly. 25 (5): 27–34. May 1977. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  • "Conversations with Indiana Potters: Karl Martz". The Studio Potter. 19 (2): 46–47. June 1991.
  • McKimmie, Kathy M. (2009). Clay Times Three. The tale of three Nashville, Indiana Potteries. ISBN 978-0-615-31993-3. Privately published. 100 pages including index. Pages 47–83 cover Karl Martz and Becky Brown. 20 color photographs of works by Karl Martz, several portrait photos, and similar coverage of Becky Brown. eBook (2010) available from Indiana University Press.
  • McKimmie, Kathy (Winter 2010). "Hooked on Glazes: Karl Martz remembered, Becky Brown Martz rediscovered". Journal of the American Art Pottery Association. 26 (1): 10–14. ISSN 1098-8920.
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