biography of Russell Barnett AITKEN (1910-2002)

Birth place: Cleveland, OH

Addresses: NYC

Profession: Ceramicist

Studied: Cleveland Sch. A.; Michael Povolny; Josef Hofman; Kunstgewerbeschule, Vienna; Staatliche Porzellan, Berlin; Austria; Hungary; Africa (1937).

Exhibited: CMA, 1931 (prize), 1932 (prize), 1934 (prize), 1935 (prize), 1938 (prize), enameling, copper, 1935 (prize), 1936 (prize), 1938 (prize); Robineau Exh., Syracuse, Mass., 1932 (prize), 1933 prize, 1936 (prize), enamels on copper, 1938 (prize); AIC.

Member: N.Y. Soc. Cer. A.

Work: CMA; WMAA; MoMA; Syracuse Mus.

Sources: WW40