Mayer Shacter Ceramics

I received this info from a kind ebayer the synanon ceramic piece you are selling is by an artist named mayer shacter he currently lives in san miguel allende mexico.

Mayer shacter ceramics. Mint condition cookie jar signed and marked synanon ceramics and signed by the artist. Mayer shacter s career as a ceramic artist spanned twenty seven years from 1961 to 1988. If you step into mayer shacter s galeria atotonilco as a novice you ll walk out an appreciator of fine mexican folk art. Before becoming an antique and folk art dealer twenty five years ago gallery owner mayer shacter had a distinguished career as a ceramic artist himself for twenty seven years.

He was and probably still is an excellent artist. Mayer shacter on mata ortiz pottery. Their collection consists of folk art from all over mexico. Galería atotonilco owner mayer shacter had been a distinguished ceramic artist and then a san francisco bay area antique dealer when he moved to san miguel in 2003.

Mayer shacter and his wife susan page found this property in 2001 which consisted of two warehouses that had been a factory for rattan furniture. Wind dancer porcelain vessel with full apron and tiered lid 18 tall 12 diameter signed underneath. It would seem from a group of. Shacter a former ceramics artist from berkeley.

Similarly if you step into mayer shacter s galeria atotonilco as a novice you ll walk out an appreciator of fine mexican folk art. You can google him if you want. The dictionary of american studio ceramics 1946 onward. He was featured in over a dozen one man exhibitions and his work is in many private and public collections including the collections of john huston ella fitzgerald the everson museum of art the oakland museum of california and the city of san francisco.

His experience as a craftsman gives him a seasoned eye for quality and aesthetics. Please help us enrich this page by provi ding images of work marks and data. Shacter a former ceramics artist from berkeley california who has lived in mexico since 2003 is much more than a curator. The dictionary of american studio ceramics 1946 onward.

Shacter lives in mexico and owns a gallery today but i always like to read this impressive new york times piece about his thought process. The charlie b gallery of carson city nevada is offering studio pottery batter bowl for sale.