William Claude Harper

American jeweler (born 1944)
Person human Q8006861

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
1944
Place of birth
Bucyrus
Artist files at
Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Described by source
hedendaagsesieraden.nl[22]
Family name
Harper[16]
Given name
William[17]
Has works in the collection
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Hermitage Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Arts and Design, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Racine Art Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Inge Asenbaum collection, Boardman Collection, Helen Williams Drutt Collection, Clo Fleiss collection, Donna Schneier Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Rita & Don Newman collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Imported from
wholeness_audit_2026-05-02_v2
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot — Smithsonian Libraries — Artists Files, WikiProject Craft
Participant in
Facet I, A Moveable Feast: Helen Williams Drutt Collection 1964-1993, Brooching it Diplomatically: A Tribute to Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State of the United States of America, Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection, Unique by Design, Contemporary Jewelry in the Donna Schneier Collection, Beyond bling, contemporary jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection, Jewelry: The Body Transformed, Rings! 1968 - 2021[23][24]
Represented by
Mobilia Gallery
🏷️ Also known as
ar ويليام هاربر ru Уильям Харпер
🔖 Identifiers · 19
VIAF cluster ID
67006932
Library of Congress authority ID
n81106268
GND ID
119125609
Cooper Hewitt person ID
18054737
DDB person (GND) ID
119125609
DigitaltMuseum ID
0210312748150
Europeana entity
agent/base/15271
FAST ID
79245
Freebase ID
/m/03c98r3
IdRef ID
261150464
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Met Constituent ID
144447
OpenMLOL author ID
326365
SNAC ARK ID
w6mw59bg
Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID
2083
Union List of Artist Names ID
500083774
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJbCVxjK83pH6v48cBMwYP

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Summary

William Claude Harper's place of birth was Bucyrus[1]. He was born in 1944[2]. He worked as a jeweler[3], jewelry designer[4], university teacher[5], painter[6], and author[7].

Body

Education

Studied under John Paul Miller[20], a designer[25], 1918–2013[26], of United States[27], awarded the Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship[28] and Kenneth Bates[21], a painter[29], 1895–1973[30], of United States[31].

Career and Affiliations

Fields of work include jewelry[8], an industry[32]; jewelry design[9]; and cloisonné[10], an artistic technique[33]. Employers include Kent State University[11], a public research university[34], in United States[35], founded in 1910[36], headquartered in Kent[37] and Florida State University[12], a public university[38], in United States[39], founded in 1851[40].

FAQs

Where was William Claude Harper born?

Born in Bucyrus[1].

What did William Claude Harper do for work?

William Claude Harper worked as jeweler[3], jewelry designer[4], university teacher[5], painter[6], and author[7].

Where did William Claude Harper go to school?

William Claude Harper was educated at Case Western Reserve University[13].

What awards did William Claude Harper receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Craft Council[14].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Q135933563. wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Retrieved . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  13. [12] ↑ . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . craftcouncil.org. craftcouncil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [2] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  24. [24] ↑ . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  12. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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