Leen Quist (
Sint Philipsland, September 4, 1942 –
Veere
Veere (; ) is a municipality with a population of 22,000 and a town with a population of 1,500 in the southwestern Netherlands, in the region of Walcheren in the province of Zeeland.
History
The name ''Veere'' means "ferry": Wolfert Van Bors ...
, April 11, 2014) was a Dutch ceramist, who was known for his own style, a perfect finish and geometric (blue) lines. According to
Thimo te Duits, author of ''Modern Ceramics in the Netherlands'' (1990), Quist' pots, bowls and boxes witnesses "a noble simplicity."
Life and work
Quist was educated as a handicrafts teacher at the Roman Catholic Society for Handicraft in Breda from 1967 to 1972. In the summers of 1977 and 1978, he was a trainee at the Danish ceramicist
Clara Andersen (1944) in Aarhus, Denmark
After his graduation, Quist was appointed teacher of applied art and art history at the Gymnasium Middelburg, and started a studio in the Pijpenstraat in Middelburg. In 1977 he had his main exhibition in Gallery The Chapel House in Amersfoort, and his last was a duo exhibition with
Geert Lap
Gerardus Johannes (Geert) Lap (born Venlo, 24 December 1951- 26 April 2017
) was a Dutch ceramist, known for his new approach to ceramics characterized as clay minimalism.
Life and work
Geert Lap studied at the AKV St. Joost from 1974 to 1976, ...
on minimalistic ceramics at the
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
The Kunstmuseum Den Haag is an art museum in The Hague in the Netherlands, founded in 1866 as the Museum voor Moderne Kunst. Later, until 1998, it was known as Haags Gemeentemuseum, and until the end of September 2019 as Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. I ...
, The Hague in 2013.
After the death of his partner Frans Koster, the speech therapist and speech artist in 2003, Quist has hardly turned to ceramics. In 2012 he sold his studio, and suffered from various illnesses that were ultimately fatal to him. He had donated his entire legacy to
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from its two most important donors, Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. The museum is located a ...
in Rotterdam including his house "Niet Altyd Somer" (Not Always Summer) in Middelburg, art works, antiques and paintings, and his library on ceramics.
Work
The ceramics of Quist has a unique style, often with geometric cobalt blue patterns. Excess missing, simplicity prevails. His work goes more to the Scandinavian than in Dutch design, but is much tighter than the Scandinavian ceramics. Because of the geometric lines, it is also related to the Dutch style so typical Dutch. After 1990 Quist also uses colors other than white and blue. Wide tires (mud layers) in pastel shades (yellow, pink red) giving his work a less severe nature.
According to Mieke Spruit-Ledeboer (1985) makes Quist "functional ceramics in porcelain with a special nobility". She explained his work as "very contemporary, the linear decoration, which makes the ceramist with the utmost accuracy and a fine sense of the decorative element. This consists of geometric patterns which usually relax the entire mold."
Work in public collections
* Fonds régional d'art contemporain, Limoges, France
*
Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Art Gesellschaft Spiez, Spiez, Switzerland
*
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from its two most important donors, Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. The museum is located a ...
, Rotterdam, Netherlands
*
Ceramics Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Works of Leen Quist
at Keramiekmuseum Princessehof
The Princessehof Ceramics Museum (in Dutch: Keramiekmuseum Princessehof) is a museum of ceramics in the city of Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. The museum's name comes from one of two buildings in which it is housed: a small palace ( means ‘royal ...
, 2015.
* Musée Ariana
The Musée Ariana, also known as the Musée suisse de la céramique et du verre (''Swiss Museum of Ceramics and Glass''), is a museum in Geneva, Switzerland. It is devoted to ceramic and glass artwork, and contains around 20,000 objects from the ...
, Geneva, Switzerland
* Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museumplein, Museum Square in the stadsdeel, borough of Amsterdam-Zuid, Amsterdam South, ...
* Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center, Washington, United States
* Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg, Netherlands
* Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
The Kunstmuseum Den Haag is an art museum in The Hague in the Netherlands, founded in 1866 as the Museum voor Moderne Kunst. Later, until 1998, it was known as Haags Gemeentemuseum, and until the end of September 2019 as Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. I ...
, The Hague, Netherlands
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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Further reading
* Duits, Thimo te. ''De noordelijke traditie : Leen Quist, keramiek & De keramiekcollectie Koster en Quist = The Northern tradition : Leen Quist, ceramics & The Koster and Quist ceramics collection.'' Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1993.
References
External links
Quist, Leen
at capriolus.nl
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1942 births
2014 deaths
Dutch ceramists
People from Tholen