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Jan Cornelis Snoeck (5 March 1927 – 31 March 2018) was a Dutch sculptor and ceramist.Biographical data
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
File:Dialoog Jan Snoeck Chruchillplein Deventer 2.JPG, ''Dialoog'' (2001), Deventer
File:Jan Snoeck Uithof Utrecht.JPG, ''untitled'', Uithof in Utrecht
File:Penelope Jan Snoeck Engelenbergplantsoen Kampen.JPG, ''Penelope'', Engelenbergplantsoen in Kampen
File:Den Haag Zuiderpark Jan Snoeck.jpg, ''Man'' (1971), Beeldenroute Zuiderpark The Hague
File:Ede - Kunstwerk van Snoeck en Trapman bij entree Stadspoort (oost).jpg, ''Ceramic figure nearby the mall Stadspoort in Ede
File:Zuil Snoeck.JPG, ''Column'' (1994) by police station, Princess Beatrixlaan, Tiel
File:Assen - Jan Snoeck - Keramische stoel.jpg, ''Ceramic chair'' (1981), Het Kanaal in Assen
File:Hoekvanholland kunstwerk het mannetje.jpg, ''The male'' (2001), Hook of Holland
Artist Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Snoeck, Jan Cornelis 1927 births 2018 deaths Dutch ceramists Dutch sculptors Dutch male sculptors Artists from Rotterdam Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni
Jan Cornelis Snoeck (5 March 1927 – 31 March 2018) was a Dutch sculptor and ceramist.at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Life and work
Snoeck studied at theRoyal 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 ...
where he graduated in 1949. In 1953 he worked for a year in the workshop of Ossip Zadkine
Ossip Zadkine (russian: Осип Цадкин; 28 January 1888 – 25 November 1967) was a Belarusian-born French artist. He is best known as a sculptor, but also produced paintings and lithographs.
Early years and education
Zadkine was born on ...
in Paris.
Initially Jan Snoeck worked with the materials stone, wood and bronze. Later he mainly worked in ceramics. He uses cheerful, primary colors and usually people are subject. Among other things, he made a sculpture "The beds" for Westeinde Hospital in The Hague (see image). The most monumental work of Snoeck is found both in the Netherlands and abroad.
Snoeck work is in the collections of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
, the 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 ...
, 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 ...
in Rotterdam, the Frans Hals Museum
The Frans Hals Museum is a museum located in Haarlem, the Netherlands.
The museum was established in 1862. In 1950, the museum was split in two locations when the collection of modern art was moved to the '' Museum De Hallen'' (since 2018 called ...
in Haarlem and 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.
On June 2, 2007 Snoeck was awarded the Aart van den IJssel prize by the municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg. This prize is awarded every three years to a professional artist as a token of appreciation for his or her total oeuvre. The art award includes a cash prize of €5000, - and a small plastic glass, manufactured by the Voorburg artist Ming.
The museum Beelden aan Zee
Beelden aan Zee ("Images/sculptures by the sea") museum in the Scheveningen district of The Hague, founded in 1994 by the sculpture collectors Theo and Lida Scholten, is the only Dutch museum which specializes in exhibiting sculpture.
The mus ...
at Scheveningen in 2007 held a retrospective of the work of Jan Snoeck on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. He was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion. The decorations was pinned on him during the opening of that exhibition, entitled "De goddelijke aardwormen van Jan Snoeck" (The Divine earthworms Jan Snoeck).
Gallery
See also
*List of Dutch sculptors
This is a list of Dutch sculptors who were born and/or were primarily active in the Netherlands.
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* Johannes Josephus Aarts (1871–1934)
* Per Abramsen (1941–2018)
* Cris Agterberg (1883–1948)
* Woody van Amen (1936)
* Mari ...
* List of Dutch ceramists
This is a list of Dutch ceramists who were born and/or were primarily active in the Netherlands.
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* Cris Agterberg (1883–1948)
* Aalmis (1674–1755)
* Karel Appel (1921–2006)
* Govert-Marinus Augustijn (1871–1963)
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References
External links
*Artist Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Snoeck, Jan Cornelis 1927 births 2018 deaths Dutch ceramists Dutch sculptors Dutch male sculptors Artists from Rotterdam Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni