Cor Dam
Illustration — Anne Frankschool Gouda, 1965 Cornelis Dam (26 April 1935 – 29 July 2019) was a Dutch artist, who was a sculptor, painter, illustrator and ceramist.
Cor Dam
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- Born
- 1935 · Delft.
- Died
- 2019 · Delft.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- sculptor · ceramicist · painter · draftsperson
- Fields
- ceramic art
- Movements
- abstract art
- Education
- Royal Academy of Art
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Illustration — Anne Frankschool Gouda, 1965 Cornelis Dam (26 April 1935 – 29 July 2019) was a Dutch artist, who was a sculptor, painter, illustrator and ceramist.
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Life and work
Life and work
Cor Dam studied at Royal Academy of Art. The field of work recorded is ceramic art. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are abstract. Places of work recorded in the authority are Delft. Employment is recorded with Delft University of Technology and De Porceleyne Fles.
Born in Delft, Dam studied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. After graduating he worked as a designer at the De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles from 1950 to 1965. Thereafter until 1980, he worked at Ateliers Ceramic Structure 68 in The Hague. Since 1988 he lectured at the Technical University of Delft. Cor died on 29 July 2019, at the age of 84. Sculptural works of Dam can be found in the public space of several Dutch cities. For the former Anne Frankschool in Gouda's Oosterwei district, he made a relief (see first image), depicting Anne Frank writing in her diary by candlelight in the attic.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Ceramic work (1967), Woerden • Illustration — Women (1968), Deventer • Illustration — Ceramic object (1983), Delft • Illustration — Four objects (1983), Delft • Illustration — Bergselaan in Rotterdam • Illustration — Huniadijk in Rotterdam • Illustration — Cymbelkruid in Rotterdam
Zonder titel door Cor Dam, Gouda. Informatiebord over mozaïek Anne Frank in de de Kortestraat in Gouda. Mozaïek uit 1965. Oorspronkelijke locatie: hoofdingang voormalige Anne Frank school. Na restauratie geplaatst in 2023 op de huidige locatie Appartementencomplex De Eendracht, de Kortestraat Gouda
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Works, a selection
• Mosaic untitled (1965), Anne Frankschool in Gouda • Woman with child (1965), Jan van Goyenstraat in Rozenburg • Ceramic work (1967), Jozef Israelslaan in Woerden • Women (1968), shopping centre Keizerslanden in Deventer • Ceramics Shalom (1969) for the Shalomschool in Delft. Since 1984 in the Adelbert church in Delft. [4] • Brick Mosaic (1970) [5], Ellemare in Rotterdam • Ceramic object (1983), Industriestraat in Delft • Four objects (1983), Nieuwe Plantage in Delft • Untitled - multiple objects (1988), Bergselaan in Rotterdam • Untitled (1988), Huniadijk in Rotterdam • Untitled (1988), Cymbelkruid in Rotterdam • Irascible birds (1996/98), Julianalaan in Schagen
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