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John Prip was born on 8 July, 1922 in New York City, New York, U.S., is a Danish-American metalsmith. Discover John Prip's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

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Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 8 July 1922
Birthday 8 July
Birthplace New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of death 8 April, 2009
Died Place Roger Williams Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1922

John Axel Prip, also known as Jack Prip (1922–2009), was an American master metalsmith, industrial designer, and educator.

He was known for setting standards of excellence in American metalsmithing.

His works and designs have become famous for bringing together the formal, technical tradition of Danish design into harmony with the American desire for innovation.

Several of his designs for the Reed and Barton Company are still in production today.

John Prip was born on July 8, 1922, in New York City, of a Danish father Folmer Trolle Prip and an American mother Marian Evelyn Cherry.

As a child, he moved to Denmark with his family, where his father ran a silversmithing factory that had been his grandfather's. Prip was a fourth generation metalsmith.

1937

At age 15 in 1937, Prip began an apprenticeship with master silversmith Evald Nielsen, while attending high school.

1942

The next five years were spent polishing stakes, sweeping up, and laboriously reproducing classical renderings; the apprenticeship ended in 1942.

He completed the required journeyman's piece, which was awarded silver medal/Hertz Award and he was awarded a diploma from Copenhagen Technical School.

The apprenticeship experience taught diligence and a deeply rooted technical skill, but simultaneously imposed a restricted aesthetic.

In a way it was the unlearning of these traditional forms and procedures that pushed the young silversmith into bold experiments and motivated the innovations that distinguished his career.

1948

Following World War II in 1948, Prip returned to the United States with his family.

He came over on the same boat with a woodworker named Tage Frid, who was to become a lifelong colleague and friend.

They had both been invited to teach at Alfred University, in a new department called the School for American Craftsmen (SAC).

At the time, there were few places to study and limited knowledge of metalsmithing techniques in the United States.

Prip's position was unique: his Danish training provided him with firm technical grounding, while his American environment encouraged the attitude of exploration and innovation that became a hallmark of his career.

When the school moved to the Rochester Institute of Technology two years later, Jack and his family, which now included daughter Janet and son Peter, moved along with it.

1950

It was during this time in the early 1950s that Prip and the crafts movement were eagerly searching for their own style.

1953

In 1953, Prip along with Ronald Hayes Pearson, Frans Wildenhain, Tage Frid, established a gallery in Rochester, New York called, Shop One.

This gallery was a unique institution in its time, providing not only a business venture originated and managed by craftsmen, but also a forum for the presentation of top quality avant-garde craftwork.

Its mission was to educate the public to the special beauty of handmade objects.

1957

In 1957, after three years with Shop One, Prip again felt the need to move on.

Through some fortunate connections he was hired by Reed and Barton Company, a holloware and flatware manufacturer in Massachusetts.

The title invented for the role he conceived was Artist-Craftsman-Residence.

He was given a workspace, materials, and access to the 900-worker factory.

It was understood that Prip had a responsibility to address himself to work that might eventually profit the company, but beyond that guidance no restrictions were imposed.

1960

Prip was to stay at Reed and Barton for three years, leaving in 1960.

One indication of his success there is the fact that 20 years later several of his designs are still in production.

Prip returned to teaching part-time at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from 1960 to 1962.

1962

In 1962, Prip taught at University of Southern California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

1963

From 1963 until 1981, Prip taught at the Rhode Island School of Design.

1971

In 1971, he was a founding member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths.

He was also a member of the Society of American Silversmiths.

2009

Prip died in 2009 in Providence, Rhode Island.

His daughter Janet Prip is a jeweler, sculptor, and metalsmith.

His son, Peter, is also a metalsmith and was an adjunct faculty member at The Rhode Island School of Design for more than 30 years.

His work is in public museum collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, Dallas Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the James A. Michener Art Museum, Minnesota Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.