{"product_id":"estatefreshaustincom-3051","title":"Harris Strong Tile \"Ancestor I\" Listed Artist Good Egyptian\/Asian Mask Pottery M","description":"Frame measure 20.25\" x 24.25\" x 2\" deep. Time is approximately 7.5\" x 10.25\".\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Very unusual piece from a well listed artist.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;BIOGRAPHY: Harris Strong was born in Waukesha, Wisconsin in 1920.  His aunt\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;owned a greeting card company, and that influenced him to become an artist.  He\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;also had a strong scientific bent, so he was meticulous about the \"engineering\"\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;of his tiles, which featured many innovations when competitors were creating\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\"pie plates,\" in his own dismissive works. \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;During the war, he was a cryptographer, working directly under General Douglas\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;MacArthur during World War II.  Afterward, he studied ceramics* and the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;chemistry of ceramic glazes at North Carolina State University.  Then he worked\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;in Brooklyn, New York at Kelby Pottery.  \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Later his own business really took off. He had showrooms in Chicago, New York\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;and Tokyo… he created a 30' long free-standing ceramic tile mural for the\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Waldorf-Astoria in York City, which remains in place.  One friend says he was\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;the first to ever show art at a home furnishings show. \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;He loved, and sang Gilbert \u0026amp; Sullivan, collected stamps, and played bridge.  In\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;1970, Strong relocated to Trenton, Maine, but after a fire destroyed his glazes\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;developed over 20 years, he shifted his focus to prints, serigraphs*, woodcuts*,\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;etchings*, engravings*, collage* and paintings. \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Strong died in 2006.","brand":"sale - www.estatefreshaustin.com Estate Fresh Austin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46687640584408,"sku":"2193199058_31FD","price":390.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/6284\/7960\/files\/harris-strong-tile-ancestor-i-listed-artist-good-egyptianasian-mask-pottery-mestate-fresh-austin-325634.png?v=1757948204","url":"https:\/\/estatefreshaustin.com\/es\/products\/estatefreshaustincom-3051","provider":"Estate Fresh Austin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}