Herman Nieweg
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Herman Nieweg (April 13, 1932 in Steenwijkerwold – May 28, 1999 in Portugal) was a Dutch sculptor and ceramist.


Life and work

Nieweg studied interior design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam. His teacher Frieda Koch brought him into contact with ceramics. As an artist Nieweg is autodidact. From the 1960s to the 1980s Nieweg lived and worked in Giethoorn, where he ran his own pottery studio.
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In the 1990s he moved to Monchique in Portugal, where he built several large ovens. He died a few years later at the age of 67. Much of Nieweg's work was done in ceramics, examples are the reliefs he made for Zwolle and Heino.


Works

* 1973, image ''3 Columns'' with bird with children in Assen * 1980, embossed on the city wall of Zwolle. * 1982, relief on facade of the town in Heino


See also

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List of Dutch sculptors This is a list of Dutch sculptors who were born and/or were primarily active in the Netherlands. __NOTOC__ A * Johannes Josephus Aarts (1871–1934) * Per Abramsen (1941–2018) * Cris Agterberg (1883–1948) * Woody van Amen (1936) * Mari ...
* List of Dutch ceramists


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Nieweg, Herman
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