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[ Kovel's guide to Sascha Brastoff ]
West Los Angeles, California.
Sascha Brastoff was an internationally well known designer, artist, sculpter, ceramist, with works in several permanent collections in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Sculpture Center in New York and other galleries
Mr Brastoff also worked with with metal arts, enamel on copper and plastics
A very talented man shown by his interest in the dance art which helped lend grace and fluidity to his other art work and designs
Even though his work and the plant was considered as "studio", the plant covered a full block
Sascha did all the designs, and he had a staff of 20 artists who worked under his supervision and to his specifications. If he did the piece himself it was signed with the full signature, Supervised pieces were signed "Sascha B"
New prices for the pieces ranged from $25.00 into the thousands of dollars
The following is a time frame generally accepted but I have not verified
1918
Sascha Brastoff was born Samuel Brostofsky in Cleveland, Ohio, one
of eight children
1935
At age 17, Brastoff studies dance with Edward Caton and eventually
dances with the Cleveland Ballet for several seasons.
1940
After attending Western Reserve School of Art in Cleveland, Brastoff
moves to New York City. He goes to work for Macy's designing window displays.
1940
Brastoff joins the Clay Club, 4 West 8th Street in Greenwich Village.
The following year there is a sell out one man show of his terra cotta
Whimsies; pieces were purchased by the Whitney Museum, the Syracuse
Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1942
Brastoff enters the Army Air Force. Initially designing posters, he
joins the ATC road show. He becomes well known for his comic interpretation
of Carmen Miranda, called by theater legend Moss Hart as the "greatest
sight laugh of this century".
1944
Brastoff moves to California and signs a seven year contract with 20th
Century Fox as a designer and entertainer.
1947
Brastoff opens his first ceramic plant in Los Angeles producing hand
painted earthenware.
1948
Six canapé trays entered into a Syracuse Museum competition
win Best of Show for Pottery and a $100 award from the Harker Pottery Company.
1952
With backing from Winthrop Rockefeller, Brastoff opens a new, larger
factory in Los Angeles. The factory is destroyed by fire after only six
months.
1953
A new still larger 35,000 sq. ft. factory and show-room opens that
eventually employs more than 100 people.
1960
Brastoff's company begins to suffer from financial problems after years
of success.
1962
A nervous breakdown compels Brastoff to leave his company, though wares
continue to be sold under his name.
1966
After several years away from the public eye, Brastoff opens a one-man
show of metal sculpture at the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries in Los Angeles.
1971
Brastoff designs the Espfanade and Roman Bronze lines for the Haeger
Potteries.
1972
Brastoff produces a line of jewelry for Marilyn Watson Creations.
1973
The Sascha Brastoff ceramic factory closes after many years of producing
his designs.
1975
Brastoff produces a line of jewelry for Merle Norman.
1975-1985
Brastoff designs and produces a myriad of lines for other ceramic,
jewelry and decorative arts companies. He experiments with a wide variety
of new materials and techniques, including holograms.
1985 Brastoff's health begins to decline; his artistic out-put is significantly
curtailed.
1993 Brastoff dies after years of battling prostate cancer.
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