Tony Kuepfer

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Tony Kuepfer
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Born1947 (age 76–77)
Portland, USA
Known forglass blowing

Tony Kuepfer (born 1947 in Portland, Oregon) is an American-New Zealand glass artist. [1]

He studied at Portland State University before moving to Inglewood, in Taranaki, New Zealand in 1974. Here, Kuepfer and his wife converted an old church into a studio, glass furnaces and a showroom. [2] [3] According to Stuart Park, Kuepfer ‘continued at Inglewood for nearly 15 years, and provided many New Zealanders with their first chance to buy studio glass and to see it being made’. [4] He has exhibited with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. [5] In 1981 he was profiled on the New Zealand television arts programme Kaleidoscope. [6]

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Form by Tony Kuepfer

His work is held in the collections of many of the national and regional museums in New Zealand. These include the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the Auckland War Memorial Museum, the Dowse Art Museum, the Christchurch Art Gallery, and the Aigantighe Art Gallery in Timaru. [7] [8] [9] [10] [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Violetta". christchurchartgallery.org.nz. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Blumhardt, Doreen; Brake, Brian (1981). Craft New Zealand: The art of the craftsman. Auckland: A.H. & A.W. Reed. p. 270. ISBN   0-589-01343-2. Archived from the original on 30 November 2014.
  3. ↑ Park, Stuart; Taonga, New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu (2006). "Tony Kuepfer bottle exhibition, Objectspace". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Tony Kuepfer's Bottles". Objectspace. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "KUEPFER, Tony". Find NZ Artists. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Kaleidoscope: Tony Kuepfer". ngataonga.org.nz. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Friends Donated Artwork". The Friends of the Aigantighe Art Gallery. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Tony Kuepfer". Auckland Museum Collections Online. 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  9. ↑ "Tall Brown Bottle With Elongated Neck; Kuepfer, Tony". www.nzmuseums.co.nz. 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  10. ↑ "Object: Vase". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
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