Joost (Just) van Deventer (Leiden, 6 August 1906 – Amsterdam, 26 August 1957)Biographical data
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History, 2015. was a Dutch ceramist, and lecturer the

AKV St. Joost St. Joost School of Art and Design (formerly Academy of Art and Design St. Joost, Dutch ''Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving St. Joost, Breda'') is a Dutch academy of art and design based in Breda and 's-Hertogenbosch. The school is part of Avans ...

.Deventer, Joost / Just van
at capriolus.nl, 2015.

Life and work

Van Deventer was born in Leiden, were his father ran a wine store. After secondary school he started working as sales agent for a flower factory and married

Emmy van Deventer Emmy van Deventer-Molt (2 February 1915, in Voorburg – 1998) was a Dutch ceramist, and lecturer at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, and the AKV St. Joost.

in 1936. He took pottery classes from Koosje Hazewindus, a student of

Bert Nienhuis Lambertus (Bert) Nienhuis (14 November 1873 in Groningen – 1960 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch ceramist, designer and jewelry designer. Life and work Nienhuis was born in Groningen as the son of the broker Lambertus Nienhuis (1834–1890) and ...

. In 1936 Just and Emmy Van Deventer moved to Amsterdam-Zuid, where they lived among artists as Nel Houtman, Fred Carasso, and

Jan Wolkers Jan Hendrik Wolkers (26 October 1925 – 19 October 2007) was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter. Wolkers is considered by some to be one of the "Great Four" writers of post-World War II Dutch literature, alongside Willem Frederik Hermans, Har ...

. In 1941 he started a ceramic studio with Theo Dobbelmann. After the war he started the ceramic factory "De Marmot," next to the studio of

John Rädecker John Rädecker (5 December 1885, Amsterdam – 12 January 1956, Amsterdam) was a painter and sculptor from the northern Netherlands, best known for his Monument on the Dam. Biography According to the RKD he was a pupil of Bart van Hove and ...

. From 1950 to 1956 he lectured at the Free Academy in The Hague, and from 1953 until his death in 1957 at the

in Breda. Among his student were Jaap de Boer (1932-), Frank van Brakel, Beatrijs Nietzsche-Chavannes, Johan Jan Mulder, and Jan van der Vaart. Jan van der Vaart, Erik Beenker (1991). ''Ceramics.'' p. 32 In 1953 he became a member of the Sint Lucas association in Amsterdam

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