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Johannes Christiaan "Chris" Lanooy (16 March 1881 – 24 January 1948) was a Dutch potter and designer, who worked as ceramist, painter, draftsman and sculptor, and he produced stained-glass art.


Life and work

Lanooy was born in
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i 1881 as son of Cornelis Lanooij and Janna van 't Hof. Lanooy studied at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague and was a student of the Roermond architect and artist Pierre Cuypers and Gouda painter and art teacher Jan Lugthart. As a ceramist, he was an autodidact. He worked at ceramic factories in The Hague, Gouda en Purmerend, and at the Royal Leerdam Crystal glass factory in Leerdam. His work has been exhibited regularly at home and abroad. The Princessehof Ceramics Museum in Leeuwarden has more than a hundred works of Lanooy in the collection. In 2002 this museum dedicated a retrospective exhibition of his work. Twenty-five years earlier, in 1977, this museum also dedicated an exhibition to his work. This exhibition was opened by the then Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social work,
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. Lanooy was married to Joanna Elisabeth Schuitemaker. He died in January 1948 at the age of 66 in the province of Gelderland in Epe. In September 2008, the renewed council hall of the town hall of Epe was renamed the ''Lanooy lounge,'' and contained a stained glass window of Lanooy."Vernieuwde raadszaal geopend," website gemeente Epe, 5 september 2008


Public collections

Among the public collections holding works by Chris Lanooy are: *
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Gallery

File:Bord met monochroom blauw glazuur, 1925-50.jpg, Plate with monochrome blue glaze, 1925–50 File:Vaas met glazuurdecoratie, 1925-50.jpg, Vase with glaze decoration, 1925–50 File:Schotel met polychroom decor van granaatappels, 1930.jpg, Dish with polychrome decor of pomegranates, 1930 File:Plastiek, voorstellende het hoofd van Guanyin, 1950.jpg, Plastic art, head of
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See also

*
List of Dutch ceramists This is a list of Dutch ceramists who were born and/or were primarily active in the Netherlands. __NOTOC__ A * Cris Agterberg (1883–1948) * Aalmis (1674–1755) * Karel Appel (1921–2006) * Govert-Marinus Augustijn (1871–1963) ...


References


Further reading

*Ebbinge, E. ''C. J. Lanooy, kunstpottenbakker'', uitg. Eisma, Leeuwarden, 1977 (ter gelegenheid van een tentoonstelling van zijn werk in het Gemeentelijk Museum "Het Princessehof" te Leeuwarden *Kley-Blekxtoon, Annette van der ''Leerdam glas 1878–2003 : de glasfabriek Leerdam'', 4e druk, uitg. ANTIEK Lochem, 2004 (eerder uitgegeven als ''Leerdam glas 1878–1998: de glasfabriek Leerdam'', in 1999 en oorspronkelijk als ''Leerdam glas 1878–1930'' opgenomen in de Tijdstroom antiekwijzers, uitg. De Tijdstroom, Lochem, 1984) *Heijbroek, Willem t al.''Tussen twee vuren: Chris Lanooy, 1881–1948'', uitg. Waanders, Zwolle, 2002


External links

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lanooij.com
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Christiaan Johannes Lanooy 1881–1948, kunstpottenbakker
at biografischwoordenboekgelderland.nl. *
Chris Lanooy
at artwis.com, 11 March 2010.
Works of Chris Lanoo
at
Keramiekmuseum Princessehof The Princessehof Ceramics Museum (in Dutch: Keramiekmuseum Princessehof) is a museum of ceramics in the city of Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. The museum's name comes from one of two buildings in which it is housed: a small palace ( means ‘royal ...
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