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Christiaan Willem "Chris" Fokma (Oranjewoud, 27 March 1927 - Carhaix-Plouguer, 12 December 2012) was a Dutch sculptor and ceramist.
Leeuwarder Courant, 21-01-1967
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Works of Chris Fokma
at Keramiekmuseum Princessehof. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fokma, Chris 1927 births 2012 deaths Dutch ceramists People from Heerenveen
Christiaan Willem "Chris" Fokma (Oranjewoud, 27 March 1927 - Carhaix-Plouguer, 12 December 2012) was a Dutch sculptor and ceramist.
Life and work
Fokma attended the Hogere Burgerschool (HBS), and studied architecture for one year at theDelft University of Technology
The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, a ...
, but then switched to the Rijksacademie
The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school supports ...
in Amsterdam./ref> He attended classes by
Piet Esser
Vincent Pieter Semeyn Esser known as Piet Esser (9 March 1914, BaarnJ. F. Staal, ''Grote Winkler Prins: Encyclopedie in twintig delen, Volume 17'', 7th ed, Elsevier, 1966, , p. 274 (in Dutch). – 19 November 2004) was a Dutch sculpture, sculpto ...
. In 1957 he settled in Leeuwarden, where he spend his entire career. In 1961 he married Anneke Brouwer, who was his agent. After her death in 1998, he quit almost all his activities as an artist. In 2005 he retired to Brittany, France, where he died late 2012.
In addition to free-standing sculptures of bronze or ceramic, Fokma made several wall reliefs, which were usually performed in ceramics, copper or stainless steel. In the 1980 Fokma also started to make sculptures of plexiglass. His Plexiglas wall reliefs were often combined with stainless steel. For 26 years Fokma also lectured at the Academy Vredeman de Vries, School of Applied Arts, and around 1960 some years as art teacher at the Hogere Burgerschool, both in Leeuwarden.
See also
*List of Dutch ceramists
This is a list of Dutch ceramists who were born and/or were primarily active in the Netherlands.
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* Cris Agterberg (1883–1948)
* Aalmis (1674–1755)
* Karel Appel (1921–2006)
* Govert-Marinus Augustijn (1871–1963)
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References
External links
Works of Chris Fokma
at Keramiekmuseum Princessehof. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fokma, Chris 1927 births 2012 deaths Dutch ceramists People from Heerenveen