Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
Waylande Desantis Gregory was born in Baxter Springs, Kansas, on June 13, 1905. He was a sculptor, a designer and a craftsman. He studied at Pittsburg State Teachers College, 1922 and enrolled in the Kansas City Art Institute. Within a few months, Gregory accepted a position with the McCartney Ornamental Plastering Company. Though still very young, Gregory was soon assigned his first major project of the design and casting of architectural ornaments for Strong Hall, the administration building at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. Gregory next found his way to the Chicago Art Institute, where he came under the influence of historian-sculptor Loredo Taft and began to work in marble, bronze and ceramics. Ceramics became Gregory’s primary medium. He apprenticed himself to the Midland Terra Cotta Company in Cicero, Illinois, then enrolled at the University of Kansas City to study chemistry, geology and mineralogy. Before embarking on his career as a ceramic sculptor, however, in 1928 he went as artist-designer to the Cowan Art Pottery Studio in Rocky River, Ohio. When the Cowan Studio closed in December 1931, Gregory went to the Cranbrook Academy of Art as a fellow-in-residence. In 1932, he established his own studio in Bound Brook, New Jersey and turned his attention to creating ton-size, ceramic statuary. He died in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on August 18, 1971.
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
Clay
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
Porcelain
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
19th Century French Antique Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
Art Glass, Wood
2010s Brazilian Modern Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
Wood
1930s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
Terracotta
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
Resin
1960s Vintage Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
Cast Stone
Mid-20th Century Italian Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plaster
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
Plaster
1910s Belgian Art Deco Vintage Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
Resin
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
Aluminum
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Deco Waylande Desantis Gregory Wall-mounted Sculptures
Oak