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Pieter (Piet) Stockmans (born
Leopoldsburg Leopoldsburg (; french: Bourg-Léopold, ; li, Leopolsbörch) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006, Leopoldsburg had a total population of 14,403. The total area is 22.49 km² (8.68 sq mi) which ...
, 26 October 1940) is a Flemish designer and ceramist.


Biography

Stockmans was born in Leopoldsburg. He studied sculpture and ceramics in Hasselt and in
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in Germany. After graduation, he settled in
Genk Genk () is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality only comprises the town of Genk itself. It is one of the most important industrial towns in Flanders, located on the Albert Canal, ...
. From 1966 to 1989 Stockmans was an industrial designer in the Royal Mosa porcelain factory in Maastricht. In those years he was the chief designer, who designed over 70% of all the company's products. Most successful was his design for the coffee "Sonja" cup, of which over 40 million were sold.Piet Stockmans (1940)
kunstbus.nl. Accessed 25 May 2015. Between 1969 and 1998 Stockman also taught industrial design at the Department of Product Design at the Municipal Institute of Visual Comm and Design, later Media and Design Academy in Genk, and from 1983 to 1985 taught ceramic design at the
Design Academy Eindhoven Design Academy Eindhoven is an interdisciplinary educational institute for art, architecture and design in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The work of its faculty and alumni have brought it international recognition, and is widely regarded as one of the ...
. Since 1989, he has been a freelance designer. Since 2010, Stockmans has lived on the C-Mine site, a former coal-mine complex near to Winterslag in Genk. In autumn 2010, there was a retrospective of his work at the Design Museum in Ghent.


Selected publications

* Jo Rombouts, Piet Stockmans. ''Piet(er) Stockmans,'' Studio Pieter Stockmans, 2011.


See also

*
List of Dutch ceramists This is a list of Dutch ceramists who were born and/or were primarily active in the Netherlands. __NOTOC__ A * Cris Agterberg (1883–1948) * Aalmis (1674–1755) * Karel Appel (1921–2006) * Govert-Marinus Augustijn (1871–1963) ...


References


External links


Studio Pieter Stockmans

Piet Stockmans
at capriolus.nl
Works of Piet Stockmans
at Keramiekmuseum Princessehof. {{DEFAULTSORT:Stockmans, Pieter 1940 births Living people Belgian ceramists People from Limburg (Belgium)