Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Cole, A. R. |
Other names |
Arthur Ray Cole |
Dates & places of birth and death |
B. 1892 D. 1974 |
Nationality |
American |
Notes |
A. R. Cole worked in his father's pottery shop in Seagrove, North Carolina from 1915 to 1925. He was a creative designer who perfected unusal striped, multi-colored glazed and large forms; his work was the product of a vivid rustic imagination. |
Relationships |
Pauline Cole (wife); Ruffin Cole (father); C. C. Cole (brother); Celia Cole Perkinson (daughter); Neolia Cole Perkinson (daughter); Waymon Cole (cousin); Nell Cole (cousin); G. F. Cole (son) |
Places of residence |
Seagrove, Randolph County, North Carolina; Steeds, North Carolina; Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina |
Role |
Artist |
Titles & Honors |
Established Rainbow Pottery in Steeds, North Carolina |
Education |
taught by his father |