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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
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in The Hague. After graduating he worked as a designer at the
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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

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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. __NOTOC__ A * 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. __NOTOC__ A * Johannes Josephus Aarts (1871–1934) * Per Abramsen (1941–2018) * Cris Agterberg (1883–1948) * Woody van Amen (1936) * ...


References


External links

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Cor Dam, Beeldend Kunstenaar
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dam, Cornelis 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