Jan de Rooden (31 August 1931 - 1 April 2016) was a Dutch

ceramist Ceramic art is art made from ceramic materials, including clay. It may take forms including artistic pottery, including tableware, tiles, figurines and other sculpture. As one of the plastic arts, ceramic art is one of the visual arts. Whil ...

and

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

, who worked in

Nijmegen Nijmegen (;; Spanish and it, Nimega. Nijmeegs: ''Nimwèège'' ) is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole, located on the Waal river close to the German border. It is about 6 ...

, Paris, and Amsterdam.

Life and work

Born in

, De Rooden grew up in

Groesbeek Groesbeek () is a town and former municipality in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. In January 2015 the former municipality merged with Millingen aan de Rijn and Ubbergen. The larger area was known as Groesbeek until January 2016, when ...

and was

seminarist A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, ...

in Haastrecht from 1945 to 1953. After a stay in Paris and being rejected for military service, he decided to become a potter.Jan de Rooden; Chronologie en Notities
at johnnyrolfjanderooden.nl. Accessed 16.05.2015. As autodidactJan de Rooden
at rkd.nl. Accessed 16.05.2015. he started working in the studio of ceramist Lucie Q. Bakker in Amsterdam in 1956. In 1958, he started his own studio with

Johnny Rolf Johanna Jacoba (Johnny) Rolf (born 30 September 1936, in The Hague) is a Dutch ceramist, drawing artist and sculptor. Life and work Rolf was educated into the pottery profession by Jan de Rooden, with whom she started a studio in 1958 and marri ...

, whom he later married.Jan de Rooden (1931-), Items door kunstenaar/bedrijf - Literatuur over kunstenaar/bedrijf
at artentique.nl. Accessed 16.05.2015. In 1962 De Rooden took part of an exhibition of six young ceramists from Amsterdam at the

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from the two most important collectors of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. It is located at ...

, together with

Hans de Jong Hans de Jong (26 March 1932 – 3 March 2011) was a Dutch sculptor, designer and ceramist. Life and work Born in Leiden, De Jong received his first lessons in pottery in the studio of Gerrit de Blanken (1894–1961) in Zoeterwoude in 1948. He ...

Sonja Landweer Sonja Landweer (20 April 1933 – 15 December 2019) was a Dutch artist and ceramist, who lived and worked in Ireland, known for her bronze castings, unique patinations and subtle forms.Peppercanister Gallery.Sonja Landweer, biography" at ''pepper ...

Johan van Loon Johan Gerard van Loon (Rotterdam, 29 October 1934 – Breda, 24 February 2020) was a Dutch ceramist and textile artist. ...

, Johnny Rolf and Jan van der Vaart, which signified the rebirth of artisan ceramics in the Netherlands. In 1966, he was visiting designer at the

Gustavsberg porcelain factory Gustavsberg is a Swedish porcelain company that originated in 1826.Helena Dahlbäck Lutteman. ''Svenskt Porslin 1700-1900'' It broke up in the 1990s and was sold off in pieces, to the dismay of residents of the Gustavsberg area, but artisans conti ...

in Zweden. In 1964, he and Johnny Rolf were awarded the "Contour Prijs" by

De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles The Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles N.V. (trading publicly as Royal Delft) is a Dutch manufacturer of Delft Blue earthenware, headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands. It is the only remaining factory out of 32 that were established in Delft during th ...

in Delft. Funded by scholarships from the Dutch Ministry of Culture, De Rooden traveled to the United States in 1968–69, Asia, especially Japan and Korea in 1973–74, and Egypt in 1984. Over the years, he participated in multiple local, national, and international exhibitions in Europe, Japan and the U.S.A.

Work in public collections

Gemeentemuseum Den Haag The Kunstmuseum Den Haag is an art museum in The Hague in the Netherlands, founded in 1866 as the Museum voor Moderne Kunst. Later, until 1998, it was known as Haags Gemeentemuseum, and until the end of September 2019 as Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. I ...

* Keramisch Museum Goedewaagen *

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 ...

Jan de Rooden
at Princessehof Ceramics Museum collection, 2015.

References

External links

website
Jan de Rooden
at capriolus.nl {{DEFAULTSORT:Rooden, Jan de 1931 births 2016 deaths Dutch ceramists People from Nijmegen

Life and work

Work in public collections

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Further reading

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