Jane Reumert (1942 – 4 April 2016) was a Danish ceramist.

Biography

Jane Louise Reumert was born in Gentofte, Denmark, and worked as a professional ceramist since the 1960s. Reumert's influences range from nature to calligraphy. She has stated that she was interested in nature and especially birds from her early youth.Bodil Busk Laurensen, "Jane Reumert's Fidelity to Ceramics," Ceramics: Art and Perception, No. 62, 2005, pp. 20–24. Those motives are found in her work of the 2000s. She used European and Asian calligraphic lettering styles. In the late 1980s Reumert began working with

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and made thin salt glazed vessels, fired to 1330 °C. In the early 1990s, she experimented with adding fiberglass and other fibers to her clay, allowing thinner forms. She often displayed her work on wire tripods to create the illusion of the item floating in thin air. In 1994, Reumert was awarded the Torsten and Wanja Soderberg Nordic Design Prize. In 2011, she took part in the Nordic Woodfire Marathon, and was a guest artist at the International Ceramic Research Centre in Denmark. Reumert had published writings and books on ceramic techniques and on her own work. She wrote in Danish and some of her books, including ''Transparency'' and ''Contemporary Pottery'', have been translated into English. In 2003, Jane Louise Reumert moved away from the island of

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where she created some of her salt-glazed pieces with a gas-fired

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to Copenhagen, where she used a wood-fired kiln. Jane Louise Reumert was married first to Nils Jesper Refn, Nature Preservationist Danmarks Naturfredningsforening, and later to Danish artist Bo Bonfils.Den Store Danske, Gyldendals
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Awards

* 1968 Chr. Grauballes Mindelegat * 1977 Ole Hasslunds Kunstnerlegat * 1984 1. Price at "Internationational Exhibition of Arts and Craft" Bratislava, Tjekkoslovakiet * 1988 Ole Hasslunds Kunstnerlegat * 1994

Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize The Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize is awarded annually to "an active Nordic designer or craftsman". The prize is administered by the Röhsska Museum and is worth 1 million SEK. The money comes from the foundation established by the brothers Tors ...

, Gothenburg * 1998

Prince Eugen Medal The Prince Eugen Medal () is a medal conferred by the King of Sweden for "outstanding artistic achievement". The medal was established in 1945 by the then King of Sweden, Gustaf V, in connection with the eightieth birthday of his brother Prince ...

, Stockholm * 2001 Carl Jacobsen's Travel Grant, Ny Carlsbergfondet * 2003 Niels Wessel Bagge Art Grant * 2003

Thorvald Bindesbøll Medal The Thorvald Bindesbøll Medal () is an award granted annually by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts for excellence in the fields of applied art and industrial design. The medal was established in 1979 in connection with the 75th anniversary of ...

, Copenhagen.

Gallery

File:Bsaltglasur11.jpeg, Salt glazed porcelain, H: 20 cm File:Asaltglasur18.jpeg, Salt glazed porcelain, "Botanik" 2009 Ø: 15 cm File:Bsaltglasur12.jpeg, Salt glazed porcelain, "Snowy owl" File:Item9.jpeg, Woodfired porcelain, Ø: 20 cm File:Mg2634a.jpeg, Woodfired porcelain, "Nest" 2009 Ø: 30 cm File:Mg8474a.jpeg, Woodfired porcelain, Ø: 18 cm File:Mg5577a.jpeg, Woodfired porcelain, "Feather" H: 16 cm File:Mg2673a.jpeg, Shell porcelain, Ø: 8–9 cm File:Eskaller01.jpeg, Shell porcelain, Ø: 11 cm File:Eskaller03.jpeg, Shell porcelain, Ø: 12 cm File:FiberglassBayeux.jpeg, Fiberglass, "Bayeux" 1996 Ø: 67 cm File:Fglasfiber18a.jpeg, Fiberglass, "Arabic music" 1992 Ø: 85 cm

References

Publications

* ''Transparency'', Jane Reumert studio ceramist, * Strandstræde keramik - Værkstedsfællesskab i 40 år, Nyt Nordisk Forlag,

External links

Reumert at Galerie Carla Koch

Strandstræde Keramik
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