page_title: Waylande Gregory
section_title: New Jersey period
hierarchical_section_title: Waylande Gregory / New Jersey period
caption_attribution_description: English: Light Dispelling Darkness, by Waylande Gregory, a fountain in Roosevelt Park.
context_page_description: Waylande Desantis Gregory was one of the most innovative and prolific American art-deco ceramics sculptors of the early 20th century. His groundbreaking techniques enabled him to create monumental ceramic sculpture, such as the Fountain of the Atoms and Light Dispelling Darkness, which had hitherto not been possible. He also developed revolutionary glazing and processing methods, and was a seminal figure in the studio glass movement.
context_section_description: In 1933, Gregory and his wife Yolanda had moved to Metuchen, New Jersey, where he set up a workshop in the Atlantic Terra Cotta Company in Perth Amboy. This is where he created some of his first monumental ceramic sculptures. As director of sculpture for the New Jersey WPA, he began work on the monumental Light Dispelling Darkness, which still stands in Roosevelt Park in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Some photos are included in this article on the recently restored fountain. Others have been published in an article in Weird New Jersey.
caption: Light Dispelling Darkness in 2016
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