Background
Wardropper, Ian Bruce was born on May 11, 1951 in Baltimore.
(In a 1925 article on the post-Revolutionary production of...)
In a 1925 article on the post-Revolutionary production of the State Porcelain Factory in Leningrad, the ceramic artist Elena Danko described the factory's wares as "news from a radiant future." This volume is a catalogue of the Art Institute of Chicago's 1992 exhibit of Soviet porcelain from the collection of Craig and Kay Tuber. The essays included in News from a Radiant Future discuss the relationship between Bolshevik propaganda and the state porcelain factory, as well as the larger tradition of Russian imperial ceramics. They also consider porcelain's connection to the Russian folk heritage and specifically to the October Revolution.
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(The catalogue accompany the exhibition: Chiseled with a B...)
The catalogue accompany the exhibition: Chiseled with a Brush: Italian Sculpture, 1860-1925, from the Gilgore Cllections, organized by Ian Wardropper. The Art Institute of Chicago. May 14 - August 14, 1994; Denver Art Museum, October 29, 1994 - January 29, 1995. Copyright 1994. 9 x 11 1/2". 136 pages, 34 full-page color plates; numerous b/w illustrations. (ML)
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Wardropper, Ian Bruce was born on May 11, 1951 in Baltimore.
Bachelor, Brown University, 1973. Master of Arts, New York University, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1985.
Assistant curator European sculpture Art Institute Chicago, 1982-1985, associate curator European decorative arts and sculpture, 1985-1989, Eloise W. Martin curator European decorative arts and sculpture, and classical art, 1989-2001. Iris and B. Gerald Cantor curator in charge department European sculpture and decorative arts Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 2001—2005, chairman, since 2005. Adjunct instructor Drew University, New Jersey, 1982.
Visiting assistant professor Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1986, School of Art Institute Chicago, 1988. Guest scholar Jean Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, 1995. Rhoades lecturer University Chicago, 1997.
Exhibitions panelist National Education Association, 1993, creation and presentation panelist, 98, indemnity panelist, 1998—2001.
(In a 1925 article on the post-Revolutionary production of...)
(The catalogue accompany the exhibition: Chiseled with a B...)
Member sculpture and garden ornament committee Chicago Botanical Garden, Glencoe, Illinois, since 1988. Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Son of Bruce Wear and Joyce (Vaz) W. Stepmother: Nancy Hélène (Palmer) W. Married Laurel Ellen Bradley, May 22, 1982 (divorced 1996).
1 child, Chloe Bradley. Married Sarah Anne McNear, June 21, 1997.