From American Craft, February/March 2007
Richard DeVore (1933-2006), an artist widely known for his subtle, complex and expressive ceramic vessels, and a dedicated teacher, died June 25 in Fort Collins CO. Born in Toledo OH, DeVore attended the University of Toledo (B.Ed 1955) and studied with Maijia Grotell at Cranbrook Academy of Art (M.F.A. 1957). Grotell chose him to succeed her as head of Cranbrook’s ceramics department, a position he held from 1966 to 1978. He was a professor of art at Colorado State University (1978-2004) and an adjunct professor following his retirement. Exhibited in group and solo exhibitions around the country and represented in major museum collections here and abroad, DeVore’s work was the subject of a 1983 traveling retrospective and catalog organized by the Milwaukee Art Museum. A recipient of National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1976, 1980, 1986), he was named an American Craft Council Fellow in 1987.