A Life Forged in Clay: The Illusionistic World of Victor Spinski Victor Spinski (October 10, 1940 – January 21, 2013) was an American artist and educator whose name became synonymous with the captivating art of *trompe l'oeil* ceramics. Though his career spanned decades, it was a unique confluence of personal experience—a rigorous artistic education coupled with the stark realities of wartime service—that ultimately shaped his distinc…