Johnny Rolf
Johanna Jacoba (Johnny) Rolf (born 30 September 1936, in The Hague) is a Dutch ceramist, drawing artist and sculptor.[1]
Life and work
Rolf was educated into the pottery profession by Jan de Rooden, with whom she started a studio in 1958 and married.[2] One of her students was the Dutch ceramist Mariet Schmidt, born in Schiedam in 1935.[3]
In 1962 Rolf took part of an exhibition of six young ceramists from Amsterdam in
Gustavsberg porcelain factory in Zweden.[2]
In 1964 she and Jan de Rooden were awarded the "Contour Prijs" by De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles in Delft.
Works in public collections
- Gemeentemuseum Den Haag[5]
- Princessehof Ceramics Museum[6]
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam[7]
See also
References
- ^ Biographical data at the Netherlands Institute for Art History.
- ^ a b Jan de Rooden (1931-), Items door kunstenaar/bedrijf - Literatuur over kunstenaar/bedrijf at artentique.nl. Accessed 16.05.2015.
- ^ Schmidt, Mariet | Capriolus Collectable Ceramics
- ^ Mienke Simon Thomas (2008). Goed in vorm: honderd jaar ontwerpen in Nederland. p. 188
- ^ "A Life Story in Ceramics 1957-2006" at www.gemeentemuseum.nl, 10.10.2012
- ^ Johnny Rolf in Princessehof Ceramics Museum collection, 2015.
- ^ Collectie Wim Crouwel: Johnny Rolf, recent werk uit srie ovens, 1980, at stedelijk.nl/en/artwork/52912. Accessed 05.2015.
Further reading
- J.W.N. van Achterbergh, 'Inleiding tot het werk van Johnny Rolf en haar man Jan de Rooden', Mededelingenblad Vrienden van de Nederlandse Ceramiek nr. 2, 1964, p. 32-51
- R. Driessen, 'Keramiek als levenswerk. Een gesprek met Johnny Rolf en Jan de Rooden', Vormen uit vuur nr. 197, 2007, p. 24-34
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Johnny Rolf.
- (in Dutch) Johnny Rolf website
- (in Dutch) Rolf, Johnny at capriolus.nl
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