Don Reitz
Monumental Stoneware Vessel, 1989

Born in Pennsylvania, Don Reitz (1929-2014) was a ceramic artist acknowledged for reigniting a spark for salt glaze pottery in the United States. Reitz attended Alfred University and received his MFA in 1962. Ceramics Monthly named him one of the top twelve world’s greatest living potters in 1981. He taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for more than 25 years and retired as professor emeritus in 1988. His extensive body of work is represented in over 50 distinguished public and private collections.