Phillip Fike

American jewelery artist
Phillip Fike
Born1927 (1927)
Baraboo, Wisconsin
DiedDecember 8, 1997(1997-12-08) (aged 69–70)
Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Known forMetalsmith

Phillip George Fike (1927 – 1997) was an American metal smith and jeweler. He is known for his work in the decorative metal technique of niello as well as reintroducing the fibula brooch to contemporary metalsmiths.[1]

Fike was born in 1927 in Baraboo, Wisconsin.[2] He attended University of Wisconsin under the G.I. Bill.[1] Fike taught art at Wayne University in 1953 and continued teaching there for 45 years.[1]

Fike was a founding member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths.[3] In 1983 he was named a Master Metalsmith by the Metal Museum in Memphis.[4] In 1988 he was named a fellow of the American Craft Council.[5]

Fike died in Grosse Pointe[2] on December 8, 1997.[6]

His work is in the Detroit Institute of Arts,[7] the Metal Museum,[8] the National Gallery of Art,[9] the Smithsonian American Art Museum.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "A Finding Aid to the Phillip Fike papers, 1951-2010". Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "Phillip Fike". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  3. ^ Falino, Jeannine (2011). Crafting modernism: midcentury American art and design: [exhibition Crafting modernism. Midcentury American art and design, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, October 11, 2011 - January 15, 2012; Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, February 27 - May 21, 2012]. New York: Abrams. p. 332. ISBN 978-0810984806.
  4. ^ "Master Metalsmiths". Metal Museum | Memphis, TN. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  5. ^ "College of Fellows". American Craft Council. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Phillip Fike". Ganoksin. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Fibula". Detroit Institute of Arts Museum. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Fibula, Fike, Phillip". Metal Museum. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
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