Utrecht
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) is a Dutch art historian, curator, author and editor, known for his numerous contributions in the field of Dutch
applied art
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Biography
Early career in the 1980s and 1990s
After his studies in art history, Te Duits started his career as freelance curator for the Haags Gemeentemuseum, now
Kunstmuseum 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 ...
. In 1986, he curated and wrote the catalog on an exhibition about glass art from abroad.
In 1990 a widespread exhibition took place of modern ceramics in the Netherlands with over 70 ceramists in 21 places, among others in the museums of Delft, The Hague and Rotterdam. Te Duits wrote the catalog for this exhibition. In 1991 Te Duits curated an exhibition on Leen Quist in 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 a ...
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The same year Te Duits got associated with the Leerdam Glasmuseum, now Nationaal Glasmuseum, where he wrote an exhibition catalog on
pressed glass
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Mienke Simon Thomas
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In 2006 Te Duits contributed to the ''
Phaidon Design Classics
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It lists 999 objects that the editorial team chose as design classic
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.'' The next year he curated and wrote the book on the 2007
Rotterdam Design Award
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together with Gerard Forde. In 2010 te Duits wrote another book about Olaf Stevens (1948–) and Studio Olaf Stevens, a glass art and ceramics studio in
Gorinchem
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The municipality of Gorinchem al ...
. He wrote this work with Piet Augustijn, who with Brinkman had run a gallery at the Gorinchem city hall from 1994 that would last until 2019.Anja Broeken. "Piet Augustijn en Arie Brinkman nemen na 25 jaar afscheid van ‘hun’ galerie," ''AD'' 04-05-19.
Selected publications
* T.G. te Duits. ''Glas van buiten de grenzen,'' 's-Gravenhage : Nijgh & van Ditmar 1986.
* Thimo te Duits. ''Moderne Keramiek in Nederland / Modern Ceramics in the Netherlands,'' Den Haag, 1990.
* Thimo te Duits, ''Geperst glas uit Leerdam,'' Leerdam : Glasmuseum, 1991.
* Duits, Thimo te. ''De noordelijke traditie : Leen Quist, keramiek & De keramiekcollectie Koster en Quist = The Northern tradition : Leen Quist, ceramics & The Koster and Quist ceramics collection.'' Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1993.
* T.G. te Duits & Gerard Forde, ''Designprijs Rotterdam 2007,'' Rotterdam : Stichting Designprijs, 2007.
* T.G. te Duits & Piet Augustijn. ''Studio Olaf Stevens/Drie werelden : porselein, glas & dessins.'' Gorinchem : Gorcums Museum, 2010.