Jessie Fairfield Gordon
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| Born | 1872 Oswego, NY |
| Disappeared | 1942 |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States Of America |
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| Occupation | Ceramicist |
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Jessie Fairfield Gordon (1872-1942) [1] [2] was a ceramicist (potter) and art instructor in Oswego, NY and Philadelphia, PA.
Jessie was born in May 1872 in Oswego, NY, the daughter Sarah Jane Fairfield Gordon and Robert Gordon. She had eight siblings: Elizabeth, Margaret, William, Robert, Francis Marshall, Don Stuart, and Alexander.
Education
Jessie attended the Oswego Normal School (now the State University of New York at Oswego) and Drexel University and also studied with Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Charles Grafly.
Career
In addition to teaching at the Philadelphia Museum of Art [3], Jessie ran her own pottery on Mermaid Lane in the Chestnut Hill area of Philadelphia. She also did work for Enfield Pottery and Tile Works (Enfield, PA).
She exhibited pieces at the International Exhibition of Ceramic Art (1928-29) [4] and the the Fifth National Ceramic Exhibition (1936-37) [5] [6] among others [7]. Her work can be seen at the Bok Singing Tower (Bok Tower Gardens), the Pan American Union Building, SUNY Oswego, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art [8].
After living and working in Philadelphia for 28 years, Jessie moved back to Oswego in 1941. She passed away on December 11, 1942 and is buried near her parents.
References
- ↑ https://boktowergardens.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16755coll1/id/218/rec/1
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150725937/jessie-fairfield
- ↑ Art, Philadelphia Museum of (1912). "Annual Report of the Philadelphia Museum of Art".
- ↑ https://digitalarchives.clevelandart.org/digital/search/searchterm/08964%2008965%200897*%200898*%200899*%2009000%2009001%2009002%2009006%2009007%2009008%2009009%200901*/field/all/mode/any/conn/and/page/1
- ↑ https://collections.everson.org/index.php/Detail/occurrences/30
- ↑ https://digitalarchives.clevelandart.org/digital/search/searchterm/Robineau/order/nosort
- ↑ https://aura.alfred.edu/bitstream/handle/10829/1507/19320119.pdf;sequence=1
- ↑ https://philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/48506.html
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