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Claude Horan (29 October 1917 – 11 June 20 … Claude Horan (29 October 1917 – 11 June 2014) was an American ceramic and glass artist who was born in Long Beach, California. He received a BA from San Jose State University in 1942 and an MA degree in art from Ohio State University in 1946. His wife collaborated on many of the larger projects. He was a lifeguard and longboard surfer in Santa Cruz in the late 1930s, and is credited with naming Steamer Lane. He started the ceramics program at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1947. After a sabbatical in 1967 during which he learned glass blowing, Horan established a glass blowing studio at the university in 1968. In 1978, he retired from the University of Hawaii as a professor emeritus. Horan's students include Toshiko Takaezu, Isami Enomoto, , and Harue Oyama McVay, who became chairman of the ceramics program upon Horan's retirement. Standing Female Figure, in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art is an example of the whimsical ceramic figurines for which he is best known. He begins with a cylindrical vessel on the potter's wheel, onto which he sculpts human features. The Hawaii State Art Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Museum of Arts and Design (New York City), and the Division of Ceramics and Glass of the National Museum of American History (Washington, D.C.) are among the public collections holding work by Claude Horan. His sculptures in public places include:
* Untitled 1976 sculpture, Leilehua High School, Honolulu, Hawaii
* Hoʻolaulea (1976) and Cecil (1976), Red Hill Elementary School, Honolulu, Hawaii
* Vita Marinae, 1975, Waikiki Aquarium, Honolulu, Hawaii
* Na heʻenalu o kailua maluna o ke kilohana a na nalu, 1974, Kailua High School, Kailua, Hawaii
* Kiʻi Kalai Mea Pa'ani Na Kamaliʻi, 1974, , Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
* The Stallion and His Crew, 1979, , Pukalani, Hawaii
* Moby Dick and Friends, 1980, , Kekaha, Hawaii
* In the Spirit of the Koolaus, 1980, Kalaheo High School, Kailua, Hawaii 1980, Kalaheo High School, Kailua, Hawaii
, كلود هوران (بالإنجليزية: Claude Horan) هو أمريكي، ولد في 29 أكتوبر 1917، وتوفي في 11 يونيو 2014 في هاواي في الولايات المتحدة.
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