Stephen De Staebler | |
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| Born | March 24, 1933 Webster Groves, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | May 13, 2011 (aged 78) Berkeley, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Stephen de Staebler, Stephen Destaebler |
| Education | Black Mountain College, Brooklyn Museum Art School |
| Alma mater | Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation(s) | sculptor, ceramicist, educator |
| Employer(s) | San Francisco State University, San Francisco Art Institute |
| Movement | California Clay Movement |
| Spouse | Dona Merced Curley (m. 1958–1996; death) |
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Stephen De Staebler (March 24, 1933 – May 13, 2011) was an American sculptor, printmaker, and educator, he was best recognized for his work in clay and bronze. Totemic and fragmented in form, De Staebler's figurative sculptures call forth the many contingencies of the human condition, such as resiliency and fragility, growth and decay, earthly boundedness and the possibility for spiritual transcendence. An important figure in the California Clay Movement, he is credited with "sustaining the figurative tradition in post-World War II decades when the relevance and even possibility of embracing the human figure seemed problematic at best."[1]
- ^ Timothy Anglin Burgard, as quoted in (20 May 2011). "Renowned Berkeley sculptor Stephen De Staebler dies at 78". Contra Costa Times. Retrieved 24 May 2011.