Govert-Marinus Augustijn (Bergen op Zoom, 27 October 1871 – Hilversum, 26 May 1963) was a Dutch potter in the style of the
Art Nouveau
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Biographical data
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History. He was the son of pottery manufacturer Govert Johannes Augustijn and Maria van Dijke.
Live and work
The city of Bergen op Zoom
Bergen op Zoom (; called ''Berrege'' in the local dialect) is a municipality and a city located in the south of the Netherlands.
Etymology
The city was built on a place where two types of soil meet: sandy soil and marine clay. The sandy soil ...
was since the fifteenth century one of the most important centers for the production of ceramics in Europe. A dozen families, including the families ''Vetten'' and ''Augustijn'' and Augustine, dominated this industry. The family of Govert-Marinus already knew at least six generations of potters, and was descended from Adriaen Augustijn, a master potter, known to have married on December 20, 1661 with Margrieten Jans.
Govert-Marinus was the grandson of Govert Marinus Govertz. Augustijn (1803-1879), a major pottery manufacturer married to Anna Straatman. This Anna was the sister of Lambert Straatman, ship owner and commissioner in Brussels, which was the great-father of the famous Belgian Art Nouveau -decorateur Gabriel Van Dievoet, and architect Henri Van Dievoet
Henri van Dievoet (, 19 January 1869 – 24 April 1931) was a Belgian architect.
Biography
Early life
Van Dievoet was born into an old family of Brussels descended from the Sweerts lineage, one of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels, wh ...
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Govert-Marinus married on May 4, 1906 in Bergen op Zoom with Cornelia Scriwanek, born in Maastricht, April 23, 1873.
His work and factory ''De Kat''
The family of Govert-Marinus from 1758 onwards owned the pottery factory "Kat." Govert-Marinus himself was educated at firm's dependence "Amstelhoek," in Amsterdam, where he learned the modern techniques of those days. In Amsterdam, he became friends with painter Willem van Dort (1875–1949) and Adriaan Disco (1892–1947). In 1902 he returned to Bergen op Zoom, where he started working in the family business. "De Kat" began at that time to produce a series of art deco works. The factory pressed itself a catalog of his works.
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
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1871 births
1963 deaths
Dutch ceramists
People from Bergen op Zoom