Doyle Lane
{{Short description|African-American ceramist}}
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| birth_date = 1923
| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana
| death_date = {{Death year and age|2002|1925}}
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| education = University of Southern California
| occupation = Studio ceramist
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| known_for = Ceramic art
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Doyle Lane (1923–2002) was an African-American ceramist known for his innovative, tactile glazes.{{cite book|last1=Lewis|first1=Samella|title=African American Art and Artists|date=1990|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|page=228}} His work ranged from delicate vases and ceramic sculptures to large scale clay paintings and mosaics. Lane maintained a studio in the El Sereno district of East Los Angeles. He exhibited his work at Brockman Gallery in Leimert Park (1968) and Ankrum Gallery on La Cienega Boulevard (1967, 1968), both notable centers for African American Art in Los Angeles in the mid-twentieth century.{{cite book|last1=Tigerman|first1=Bobbye|title=A Handbook of California Design|date=2013|publisher=Los Angeles County Museum of Art|location=Los Angeles|isbn=978-0-262-51838-3|pages=156–157}}
Early life and education
Born in New Orleans, he moved to Los Angeles by the late 1940s. He studied at Los Angeles City College, East Los Angeles City College before attending the University of Southern California. Early in his career, he worked as a glaze technician for L.H. Butcher and Co. Later he would maintain a self-supporting practice as a studio ceramist.{{cite book|last1=Cederholm|first1=Theresa Dickason|title=Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory|url=https://archive.org/details/afroamericanarti00cede|url-access=registration|date=1973|publisher=Trustees of the Boston Public Library|location=Boston|pages=[https://archive.org/details/afroamericanarti00cede/page/168 168–169]}}
Major Commissions
Lane created large-scale clay paintings for many prominent sites in Southern California.{{cite book|title=Doyle Lane: Clay Paintings|date=2014|publisher=The Landing at Reform Gallery|location=Los Angeles|page=59}}
- California Lutheran Nursing Home and Health Center (Alhambra)
- Golden State Bank (Downey)
- Equitable Savings and Loan (Canoga Park)
- International Children's School (Los Angeles)
- Miller Robinson (Santa Fe Springs)
- Mutual Savings and Loan, 1964 (Pasadena), acquired by the Huntington Library
- Pantry Foods (Pasadena)
Works
File:Glazed_pot.jpg|Glazed pot
File:Doyle Lane Clay Painting.JPG|Clay painting
File:Doyle Lane Fish.jpg|Fish fountain
File:Doyle Lane Mural.JPG|Mural at the Huntington Library
File:Detail Doyle Lane Mural.JPG|Detail of mural at the Huntington Library
File:Doyle Lane Weed Pots.JPG|Three Doyle Lane Weed Pots
Exhibitions
- California Design 4, Pasadena Art Museum (1958)
- California Design 5, Pasadena Art Museum (1959)
- California Design 6, Pasadena Art Museum (1960)
- Ankrum Gallery (1967)
- Ankrum Gallery (1968)
- Brockman Gallery (1968)
- Objects: USA (1969){{cite book|last1=Nordness|first1=Lee|title=Objects : USA|date=1970|publisher=The Viking Press|location=New York|page=87}}
- California Black Craftsmen, Mills College Art Gallery (1970){{cite book|last1=Montgomery|first1=Evangeline J.|title=California Black Craftsmen|date=1970|publisher=Mills College Art Gallery|location=Oakland}}
- Solo exhibition at Los Angeles City College Art Gallery (October 1977)
- California Design, 1930-1965: "Living in A Modern Way," Los Angeles County Museum of Art (October 1, 2011- June 3, 2012)
- Doyle Lane: Clay Paintings, The Landing at Reform Gallery (solo exhibition, May 1-July 5, 2014)
Public Collections
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art{{cite web|title=Doyle Lane|url=http://collections.lacma.org/node/159696|website=lacma.org|publisher=Los Angeles County Museum of art|accessdate=14 December 2014}}
- Oakland Museum of California
- California African American Museum
- Smithsonian American Art Museum{{cite web|title=Doyle Lane|url=http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=2785|website=Smithsonian American Art Museum|accessdate=14 December 2014}}
- Huntington Library{{cite web|last1=Poundstone|first1=William|title=Doyle Lane’s "Orange Wall"|url=http://blogs.artinfo.com/lacmonfire/2015/01/19/doyle-lanes-orange-wall/|website=Los Angeles County Museum on Fire|publisher=Blouin ArtInfo|accessdate=21 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121012327/http://blogs.artinfo.com/lacmonfire/2015/01/19/doyle-lanes-orange-wall/|archive-date=21 January 2015|url-status=dead}}
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Category:African-American artists
Category:Artists from New Orleans
Category:Los Angeles City College alumni
Category:University of Southern California alumni
Category:Artists from Los Angeles
Category:20th-century African-American people
Category:21st-century African-American artists