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Lia van Rhijn (born 1953 in
File:dassen.jpg, Necktie
File:draperie.jpg, Drapery
File:draperie met voet.jpg, Drapery with foot
File:moeder en kind.jpg, Mother and Child
File:meermin.jpg, Mermaid
File:schaap.jpg, Sheep
File:schaal2.jpg, Shell
File:roodborst2.jpg, Robin
File:marie_antoinette2.jpg, Marie Antoinette
File:torenvaas.jpg, Tower Vase
Website Han van Hagen and Lia van Rhijn
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhijn, Lia van 1953 births Living people Dutch ceramists Dutch sculptors Dutch women ceramists Dutch women sculptors People from Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
Lia van Rhijn (born 1953 in Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel
Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel (; population: 22,344 in 2004) is a town and former municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. Since 2010 it is part of the new municipality of Zuidplas.
It is situated along the Holland ...
) is a Dutch ceramist and sculptor, who makes sculptures of human – and animal figures and architectural forms.Lia van Rhijn, ''Traces in clay.'' Zuidwolde, 2010. With complete list of works and contributions by Han van Hagen, Wim van der Beek, Leo and Yvonne Divendal Kroonenberg.
Life
Lia van Rhijn studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Amersfoort and the Free Academy in The Hague. It was Ernst Beijer who awoke her interest for special architectural lines, and she received glaze lessons fromHenk Trumpie
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, and took glaze lessons at the Porceleyne Fles pottery in Delft, where he ...
.
For her early work she received the Art Encouragement Prize from the city of Gouda in 1980. Travelling to Mexico, Ireland, Spain and imaginary tours to Cappadocia made her aware of the ethnic and geographic influence on art forms. In these experiences she found the themes and inspiration for all her work. In addition, she is not led by conventional currents, but follows her own ideas.
The studio of Lia van Rhijn is part of the Arts Centre Hofstede Duet in Zuidwolde, Drenthe
Zuidwolde is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is located in the municipality of De Wolden, about 7 km southwest of Hoogeveen. The village was integrated with Ruinen in 2008.
Zuidwolde was a separate municipality until 1998, ...
in which her life partner, the etcher Han van Hagen, participates. In that context, they offers courses and workshops.
Work
The raw material for Lia van Rhijn's work is clay, which produced both turned work and hand sculpture; Also, the clay mold press is used. The baking and glazing of the images is carried out according to various techniques and in various ovens, including theRaku method
Raku may refer to:
* Lake Raku, an artificial lake in Tallinn, Estonia
* Raku ware, a type of pottery used in the Japanese tea ceremony
* Raku, Nepal, a village in the Karnali Zone
* ''RAkU'' (ballet), a ballet by Yuri Possokhov
* Raku (programm ...
. Her images include human – and animal figures, with attention to moods and attitudes. Part of her portraits are inspired by examples from the Renaissance.
Architectural forms, as well as draperies find a place in her oeuvre. Combinations of themes occur. Her pots and bowls are purely artistic, but could also be partly named artistic formed using ceramic or ceramic applied.
Gallery
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
*Website Han van Hagen and Lia van Rhijn
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhijn, Lia van 1953 births Living people Dutch ceramists Dutch sculptors Dutch women ceramists Dutch women sculptors People from Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel