Michael Higgins (glass artist)
Work from the Higgins Glass Studio
Michael Higgins (September 29, 1908 in London – February 13, 1999 in Riverside, Illinois) was an American glass artist.[1][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 .[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[]
- ^ Iovine, Julie (March 7, 1999). "Michael Higgins, an Innovator In Glass Design, Is Dead at 90". The New York Times.
- ^ Monica Davey (February 20, 1999). "Michael Higgins, 90, Glass Craftsman". The Chicago Tribune.
- ^ Johnson, Donald-Brian; Piña, Leslie (1997). Higgins: Adventures in Glass. Atglen PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
- ^ "Once Upon a Time There Were Railroads | Smithsonian American Art Museum".
- ^ "Michael Higgins papers, 1949-1973".
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