
Cornelis (Cor) Dam (April 26, 1935 – July 29, 2019) was a Dutch artist, who has been active as sculptor, painter, illustrator and ceramist.
Life and work
Born in Delft, Dam studied at the
Royal Academy of Art
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...
in The Hague. After graduating he worked as a designer at the
De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles
The Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles N.V. (trading publicly as Royal Delft) is a Dutch manufacturer of Delft Blue earthenware, headquartered in Delft, the Netherlands. It is the only remaining factory out of 32 that were established in Delft during th ...
from 1950 to 1965. And from 1956 until 1980 he worked at Ateliers Ceramic Structure 68 bv in The Hague. Since 1988 he lectured at the
Technical University of Delft.
Over Cor Dam
at cordam.eu. Accessed 17.05.2015.
Cor passed away on July 29, 2019.
Sculptural works of Dam can be found in the public space of several Dutch cities. For the Anne Frankschool in the district Oosterwei in Gouda he designed a relief (see first image), showing in bright colors Anne Frank
Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank (, ; 12 June 1929 – )Research by The Anne Frank House in 2015 revealed that Frank may have died in February 1945 rather than in March, as Dutch authorities had long assumed"New research sheds new light on Anne Fra ...
depicted, writing, candlelight in the attic, in her diary.
Works, a selection
* Mosaic untitled (1965), Anne Frankschool in Gouda
* Woman with child (1965), Jan van Goyenstraat in Rozenburg
* Ceramic work (1967), Jozef Israelslaan in Woerden
* Women (1968), shoppingcentre Keizerslanden in Deventer
* Ceramics Shalom (1969) for the Shalomschool in Delft. Since 1984 in the Adelbert church in Delft. * Brick Mosaic (1970) Ellemare in Rotterdam
* Ceramic object (1983), Industriestraat in Delft
* Four objects (1983), Nieuwe Plantage in Delft
* Untitled - multiple objects (1988), Bergselaan in Rotterdam
* Untitled (1988), Huniadijk in Rotterdam
* Untitled (1988), Cymbelkruid in Rotterdam
* Irascible birds (1996/98), Julianalaan in Schagen
Gallery
File:Woerden Kalsbeek College Cor Dam 1967.JPG, Ceramic work (1967), Woerden
File:Vrouwen-CorDam-Deventer.jpg, Women (1968), Deventer
File:Blauw-geel keramiek object.jpg, Ceramic object (1983), Delft
File:Vier objecten - Nieuwe Plantage.jpg, Four objects (1983), Delft
File:Rotterdam kunstwerk Cor Dam bergselaan2.jpg, Bergselaan in Rotterdam
File:Rotterdam kunstwerk Cor Dam huniadijk.jpg, Huniadijk in Rotterdam
File:Rotterdam kunstwerk Cor Dam Ommoord.jpg, Cymbelkruid in Rotterdam
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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* List of Dutch sculptors
This is a list of Dutch sculptors who were born and/or were primarily active in the Netherlands.
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* Johannes Josephus Aarts (1871–1934)
* Per Abramsen (1941–2018)
* Cris Agterberg (1883–1948)
* Woody van Amen (1936)
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References
External links
*
Cor Dam, Beeldend Kunstenaar
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1935 births
Living people
Dutch ceramists
Dutch sculptors
Dutch male sculptors
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni
Academic staff of the Delft University of Technology
Artists from Delft