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American glass artist
Michael Higgins (September 29, 1908 in
London – February 13, 1999 in
Riverside, Illinois) was an American glass artist.
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[2]
Life
He was a
King's Scholar at
Eton College, and studied at
Cambridge University, and the
London Central School of Arts and Crafts. Emigrating to the US in 1939, he worked as a Lend-Lease programmer for India during World War II. Following the war, he became Head of Visual Design at the
Chicago Institute of Design, where one of his students was
Frances Stewart.
[3] He married Frances in 1948, and together they founded the
Higgins Glass studio.
His work is in the
Renwick Gallery.
[4] His papers are at the
Archives of American Art.
[5]
References
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^
Iovine, Julie (March 7, 1999).
"Michael Higgins, an Innovator In Glass Design, Is Dead at 90". The New York Times.
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^ Monica Davey (February 20, 1999).
"Michael Higgins, 90, Glass Craftsman". The Chicago Tribune.
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^ Johnson, Donald-Brian; Piña, Leslie (1997). Higgins: Adventures in Glass. Atglen PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
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^
"Once Upon a Time There Were Railroads | Smithsonian American Art Museum".
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^
"Michael Higgins papers, 1949-1973".
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