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

Sint-Annaland Sint-Annaland is a village in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Tholen, and lies about 18 km northwest of Bergen op Zoom. History The village was first mentioned in 1493 as Sint Annenlant, and is named after ...

i 1881 as son of Cornelis Lanooij and Janna van 't Hof. Lanooy studied at the

Royal Academy of Art, The Hague The Royal Academy of Art (KABK, nl, Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten) is an art and design academy in The Hague. Succeeding the ''Haagsche Teeken-Academie'' (part of the Confrerie Pictura), the academy was founded on 29 September 1682, m ...

and was a student of the Roermond architect and artist

Pierre Cuypers Petrus Josephus Hubertus "Pierre" Cuypers (16 May 1827 – 3 March 1921) was a Dutch architect. His name is most frequently associated with the Amsterdam Central Station (1881–1889) and the Rijksmuseum (1876–1885), both in Amsterdam. M ...

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 Royal Leerdam Crystal (also known as Royal Leerdam) was a Dutch producer of glassware products based in Leerdam, the Netherlands. It was established in 1878 as a department within a glassware producing factory, , itself founded in 1765. From 1938 ...

glass factory in Leerdam. His work has been exhibited regularly at home and abroad. The

Princessehof Ceramics Museum 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 ...

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,

Harry van Doorn Henri Willem "Harry" van Doorn (6 October 1915 – 12 January 1992) was a Dutch politician of the Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later co-founder of the Political Party of Radicals The Political Party of Radicals ( nl, Politieke Partij Radi ...

. 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: *

Museum de Fundatie Museum de Fundatie () is a museum for the visual arts in Zwolle, Netherlands. Museum de Fundatie forms part of the Hannema-de Stuers Foundation, to which Kasteel het Nijenhuis in Heino also belongs. Museum de Fundatie possesses a collection of vis ...

Zwolle Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is o ...

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

Kröller-Müller Museum The Kröller-Müller Museum () is a national art museum and sculpture garden, located in the Hoge Veluwe National Park in Otterlo in the Netherlands. The museum, founded by art collector Helene Kröller-Müller within the extensive grounds of her ...

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

pomegranate The pomegranate (''Punica granatum'') is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between tall. The pomegranate was originally described throughout the Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean re ...

s, 1930 File:Plastiek, voorstellende het hoofd van Guanyin, 1950.jpg, Plastic art, head of

Guanyin Guanyin () is a Bodhisattva associated with compassion. She is the East Asian representation of Avalokiteśvara ( sa, अवलोकितेश्वर) and has been adopted by other Eastern religions, including Chinese folk religion. She ...

, 1950

References

External links

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lanooij.com
*
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 ...

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lanooy, Johannes Christiaan 1881 births 1948 deaths Dutch ceramists People from Tholen Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni 20th-century ceramists

Life and work

Public collections

Gallery

See also

References

Further reading

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