Designer/Maker:Oscar
Bucher – California artist who established a studio in the Santa
Barbara foothills after moving from his native Switzerland. Bucher
was also an important regional educator who taught in the art department
at Santa Barbara City College for almost thirty years where he helped
establish the ceramics and glass-blowing programs. Although he has
exhibited internationally, Bucher was associated with the California
Crafts movement during the 1960s and 1970s and participated in high
profile exhibitions like:
California Design 9, Pasadena Art Museum, 1965
California Design 10, Pasadena Art Museum, 1968
California Design 11, Pasadena Art Museum, 1971
Craftsmen USA ’66, Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, 1966
Description:
Luminous blown glass sculpture on a walnut base. Signed and
with original labels.
