
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
The Royal Academy of Art (, KABK) is an art and design academy in The Hague, offering programs at both the Education in the Netherlands, HBO bachelor's and master's levels, as well as PhD programs.
Succeeding the ''Haagsche Teeken-Academie'' (pa ...
, and took glaze lessons at the
Porceleyne Fles pottery in Delft, where he was involved in the production of ceramic works for other artists, such as
Karel Appel
Christiaan Karel Appel (; 25 April 1921 – 3 May 2006) was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-gard ...
.
In 1969, he and Jacques van Gaalen founded the ceramics studio Struktuur 68.
Gwen Heeney (2003) recalled, that "the studio has applied itself to the manufacturing of large-scale ceramic sculpture in collaboration with many international artists (many of whom have been unfamiliar with ceramics)". In 1968, they started working with the
CoBrA group. Over the years, they "completed around 1000 successful commissions in collaboration with more than 200 national and international artists".
In 1980, Trumpie started as lecturer at the
Rietveld Academy
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 ...
, beside
Jan van der Vaart, as successor to
Emmy van Deventer, which became "an enormous stimulus for the creation of monumental ceramics at the Academy".
[ Jan van der Vaart, Erik Beenker (1991) ''Ceramics'', p. 29.] Among his students were
Anna Carlgren
Anna Carlgren (pronounced ana 'ka:lgre:n born July 1960, Växjö) is a Swedish glass artist.
Education
In 1977-78, she studied painting and Chinese calligraphy under Han Bong Duk in Stockholm. From 1978 to 1980, she studied at Orrefors Glass ...
,
Wietske van Leeuwen and
Lia van Rhijn.
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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trumpie, Henk
1937 births
Living people
Dutch ceramists
Academic staff of Gerrit Rietveld Academie
Artists from The Hague
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague alumni