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Wietske van Leeuwen in Paris, 1988.

Wietske van Leeuwen (born September 22, 1965 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch ceramist.[1]

Life and work

Born in Rotterdam to Sjoerd and Marianne van Leeuwen, Van Leeuwen grew up in Mijnsheerenland. Her father ran a timber trading company in Overschie, and her uncle is the photographer Piet van Leeuwen (born 1942).[2] She studied handicrafts and textile art at the teacher education in Delft from 1984 to 1989, and ceramic design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam from 1989 to 1993[3] under Jan van der Vaart, and Henk Trumpie.[4]

After graduation she settled in Amsterdam as independent artist and started her own studio. She received a number of grants from the Mondriaan Fonds, Dutch Foundation for Visual Arts. Her works are constructed in a baroque style, with shells and fruit as recurring motifs. Since 1997 she is also working as teacher ceramics and drawing at various courses.

Work of Van Leeuwen is present in the collection of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag,[5] the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam,[6] and the Princessehof Ceramics Museum.

  • Shell bowl with deepsea pike, 1993
    Shell bowl with deepsea pike, 1993
  • Scale with matt brown side, 1995
    Scale with matt brown side, 1995
  • Green glass bowl, 1997
    Green glass bowl, 1997
  • Terrine with lid, 1997
    Terrine with lid, 1997

Reception

At the Studio Pottery website the Dutch Galery Carla Koch (2008) gave the following description of the motives in the work and motivation behind the work:

Van Leeuwen creates strikingly baroque objects, made up of many small prints of shells and fruit, which remind of the curio cabinets that were in fashion in the 17th century and admired by her. It was in vogue among the wealthy merchants of that era to collect new types of fruit and shells that were brought back by the VOC ships, in such cabinets. Van Leeuwen uses shells and fruit to make plaster press moulds, which are then used for producing large quantities of prints. From these prints she creates her objects, always using the pot or dish shape as a basis. Her objects are flawless both on the inside and outside, a ceramic tour de force. She uses dishes and pots with lids as her base shapes. In addition, she creates combinations of ceramic "garnitures", which were also common during the 17th century."[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Biographical data at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
  2. ^ Piet van Leeuwen (1942-) at the Netherlands Institute for Art History.
  3. ^ Curriculum Vitae at wietskevanleeuwen.nl. Accessed 22.05.2015.
  4. ^ Press release "Jan van der Vaart en leerlingen," in Galerie Carla Koch, Delft 2005. Accessed 15.05.2015.
  5. ^ Marjan Boot. "Aanwinsten eigentijdse vormgeving," in: Haags Gemeente Museumkrant, 1993.
  6. ^ "In the rough : images of nature through the ages in the collection of the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum; January 13 through April 1, 2001." Fundação de Serralves, 2001
  7. ^ Galerie Carla, Wietske van Leeuwen," at studiopottery.co.uk, 2008-17
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