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American and European Art glass - Victorian and Art Nouveau to Contemporary

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The Decorative Arts Museum in Prague (www.upm.cz) is holding the exhibition:  From Neuwelt to the Whole World / 300 Years of Harrach Glass - May 31, 2012 - September 16, 2012 

In existence for three centuries, the Harrach glassworks has been acknowledged as one of the most prominent glass enterprises to have made a significant contribution to the international acclaim of Czech glass. Throughout every stage of Bohemia’s glass production, from the early 18th century to the end of the 20th century, the Harrach glassworks played a progressive and quite often a determining role in terms of both style and technology.

 The Corning Museum of Glass (www.cmog.org) is currently holding two excellent glass exhibitions!

Founders of American Studio Glass: Harvey K. Littleton  - November 17, 2011 - January 6, 2013 - In celebration of the 50th anniversary, in 2012, of the “birth” of the American Studio Glass movement, this exhibition features works by one of the founders of the movement, Harvey K. Littleton. The objects on display - 19 vessels and sculptures and five vitreographs (prints made from glass plates) - span the arc of Littleton’s career in glass from the 1960s through the 1980s.

Masters of Studio Glass: Erwin Eisch - March 15, 2012 - Febuary 3, 2013 - A special exhibition of 22 vessels and sculptures by one of the founders of studio glass in Europe, Erwin Eisch (German, b. 1927). The exhibition recognizes Eisch for his achievements in developing glass as a material for artistic expression, and it celebrates the 50th anniversary of the birth of studio glass in the United States.