Emmy van Deventer-Molt (2 February 1915, in Voorburg – 1998) was a Dutch ceramist, and lecturer at the
Gerrit Rietveld Academie
The Gerrit Rietveld Academie, also known as Rietveld School of Art & Design and Rietveld Academy, is an art academy in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded in 1924 and offers programs in fine arts and design.
History
The Instituut voor Kuns ...
, and the
AKV St. Joost
St. Joost School of Art and Design (formerly Academy of Art and Design St. Joost, Dutch ''Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving St. Joost, Breda'') is a Dutch academy of art and design based in Breda and 's-Hertogenbosch. The school is part of Avans ...
.Deventer - Molt, Emmy van at capriolus.nl, 2015.
Life and work
Born Emmy Molt in Voorburg, Emmy at the age of 4 moved to Leiden where she grew up. She attended the
Hogere Burgerschool
The ''Hogere Burgerschool'' (''HBS'') (Dutch: Higher Civic School) was a secondary school type that existed between 1863 and 1974 in the Netherlands and the Dutch Empire. These schools, with a five- or sometimes six-year program, continued in 1 ...
for girls in Leiden, where she graduated with honor. In 1936 she married the ceramist Just van Deventer and move to Amsterdam. In 1939 she started a medicine study at the University of Amsterdam in 1939, which she had to break up in the war.
In the early 1950s she started the experiment with glaze in the studio of Just van Deventer, and in 1955 starts working at the De Porceleyne Fles in Delft. After the dead of Just van Deventer in 1957, she also starts to lecture at the
AKV St. Joost
St. Joost School of Art and Design (formerly Academy of Art and Design St. Joost, Dutch ''Akademie voor Kunst en Vormgeving St. Joost, Breda'') is a Dutch academy of art and design based in Breda and 's-Hertogenbosch. The school is part of Avans ...
in his place. From 1971 to 1980 she also lecture at the
Gerrit Rietveld Academie
The Gerrit Rietveld Academie, also known as Rietveld School of Art & Design and Rietveld Academy, is an art academy in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded in 1924 and offers programs in fine arts and design.
History
The Instituut voor Kuns ...
Henk Trumpie
Henk Trumpie (born The Hague, 8 August 1937) was a Dutch ceramist and sculptor.
Life and work
Born in The Hague, Trumpie studied at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, and took glaze lessons at the Porceleyne Fles pottery in Delft, where he ...
. After her retirement in 1980 she moved to Assen, where she continued to lecture at the
Academie Minerva
Academie Minerva is a Dutch art academy.
The academy was founded in 1798 in Groningen as a school for arts, architecture, construction engineering, and seamanship.Dijk, F. van (1998) ''Leraren van de Academie Minerva. Een keuze uit twee eeuwen ...
in Groningen.
Among her students were Dick Bouman, Henk Dil, Marianna Franken, Pieter Geraedts (born 1940),
Vilma Henkelman
Vilma Maria Helena Henkelman (born 15 October 1944 in Rotterdam - died 20 March 2023) was a Dutch sculptor, ceramist, and photographer.Sonja Landweer,
Hannie Mein
Johanna Greta (Hannie) Mein (Utrecht, 10 July 1933 - Vinkega, 14 February 2003) was a Dutch ceramist.
Life and work
After secondary school Mein started working at a potter. She attended evening classes at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterd ...
Jan Warnaar
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(born 1936).Emmy Molt Biographical data at the Netherlands Institute for Art History, 2015.
See also
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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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