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Viktor Schreckengost Has Died at Age 101

Viktor Schreckengost Has Died at Age 101

Viktor Schreckengost, a Cleveland artist, teacher and industrial designer who transformed America through his own work and that of the generations of students he taught at the Cleveland Institute of Art, died Saturday night at age 101.

Modest, pragmatic and deeply concerned for the end users of his highly affordable creations, Schreckengost combined artistic and functional brilliance in designs for everything from trucks to bicycles, furniture, industrial equipment and dinnerware.

But although he created enormous wealth for others, Schreckengost never sought fame or riches.

He remained in Cleveland throughout his 70-year career, lived quietly in Cleveland Heights and juggled teaching and industrial design while turning out hundreds of watercolors, ceramics and sculptures in his sky-lighted attic studio.

Last year, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President George Bush in a ceremony at the White House.

more: www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/... (148)


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