Bidspirit auction | RAY GRIMM (OREGON ARTIST, 1924

RAY GRIMM (OREGON ARTIST, 1924 - 2012) RAKU-FIRED DARK STONEWARE TEA BOWL OR CHAWAN - Ray Grimm (listed Oregon artist, 1924 - 2012) raku-fired dark stoneware tea bowl or chawan. Provenance: Often called the ”founding father of ceramics in Oregon, ” Raymond Grimm (1924 - 2012) was an artist and arts educator in Portland, Oregon. The Raymond Grimm Collection Permanent Exhibition Case highlights some of the works by one of the state’s most important ceramists. Ray was a leader in the vanguard of artists who transformed Portland into a center of ceramics and glass arts. Ray was cited in the authoritative History of Ceramics in the Pacific Northwest by Lamar Harrington, who concluded, “Grimm has been the strongest most sustained influence on formally trained students of the Portland area.”