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Ferdinand Anno (Anno) Smith (7 April 1915 in
Anno Smith
in staatingroningen.nl {{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Anno 1915 births 1990 deaths Dutch ceramists Dutch sculptors Dutch male sculptors People from Groningen (city) 20th-century ceramists
Ferdinand Anno (Anno) Smith (7 April 1915 in Groningen
Groningen (; gos, Grunn or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. The ''capital of the north'', Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of the northern part of t ...
– 14 January 1990 in Groningen) was a Dutch artist, who worked as ceramist, painter, sculptor and art teacher.
Live and work
Smith was the youngest in a family of eight children. His parents were grocers in Groningen. Smith was trained as a carpenter at the technical school, after which he joined the Academie Minerva. Here he was taught by Willem Valk, Arnold Willem Kort and Cornelis Pieter de Wit. Smith would later also teach at Minerva. After his education, Smith was employed as a potter since 1937. In 1938–1939, he exhibited at Pictura with its pottery. After a study trip to Italy, Smith began to focus on making stone carvings and wall decorations. He also made some freestanding ceramic figures, such as ''Life'' on the Brink in Diever (see image). In the years after the war people worked hard to rebuild, while there was also demand for beautification of the buildings. Smith provided tableaus and wall decoration for condominiums, schools, shops and other buildings in the residential areas of Groningen, such as the Grunobuurt, Helpman, Indische buurt en De Wijert. Smith did not only work for the city of Groningen. His work can be found throughout North Netherlands, as in Hoogkerk, Leeuwarden, Oosterwolde,Peize
Peize is a village in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Drenthe. Located in the northern part of Drenthe approximately 10 kilometers south of the city of Groningen (city), Groningen. It is part of the municipality of Noordenveld, located between ...
, Sneek, Termunterzijl and Zuidhorn.Spa, H.A. (2004) "Anno Smith (1915-1990). De grode Grunneger gevelsversierder", Toal en Taiken, 22e jaargang, nr 3, mei/juni 2004
There are also reliefs of Smith outside North Netherlands. In 1955 he made a relief of four athletes and a ball for a gymnasium. For two schools in Gouda
Gouda may refer to:
* Gouda, South Holland, a city in the Netherlands
** Gouda (pottery), style of pottery manufactured in Gouda
** Gouda cheese, type of cheese originally made in and around Gouda
** Gouda railway station
* Gouda, Western Cape, a s ...
he made reliefs respectively Rumpelstiltskin and Pinkeltje. In Hardenberg a ceramic representation can be seen on the creation myth
A creation myth (or cosmogonic myth) is a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it., "Creation myths are symbolic stories describing how the universe and its inhabitants came to be. Creation myths develop ...
on the hall of the Greijdanus College. After the demolition of the school's artwork was displayed on the plaza at the new school.
See also
* List of Dutch ceramistsReferences
External links
*Anno Smith
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