Johnny Rolf
Illustration — Recluse vase by Johnny Rolf, 1970 Johanna Jacoba (Johnny) Rolf (born 30 September 1936, in The Hague) is a Dutch ceramist, drawing artist and sculptor.
Also recorded as Johnny J. de Rooden-Rolf · Johanna Jacoba Rolf
Johnny Rolf
- Born
- 1936 · The Hague.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Occupation
- ceramicist · draftsperson · sculptor
- Fields
- ceramic art
- Languages
- Dutch
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Illustration — Recluse vase by Johnny Rolf, 1970 Johanna Jacoba (Johnny) Rolf (born 30 September 1936, in The Hague) is a Dutch ceramist, drawing artist and sculptor.
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The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is ceramic art. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam. Work by Johnny Rolf is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Museum Arnhem, Design Museum Den Bosch, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Centraal Museum.
Rolf was educated into the pottery profession by Jan de Rooden, with whom she started a studio in 1958 and married. One of her students was the Dutch ceramist Mariet Schmidt, born in Schiedam in 1935. In 1962 Rolf took part of an exhibition of six young ceramists from Amsterdam in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, together with Hans de Jong, Sonja Landweer, Johan van Loon, Jan de Rooden and Jan van der Vaart, which signified the rebirth of artisan ceramics in the Netherlands. In 1966 she was visiting designer at the Gustavsberg porcelain factory in Zweden. In 1964 she and Jan de Rooden were awarded the "Contour Prijs" by De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles in Delft.
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• Gemeentemuseum Den Haag • Princessehof Ceramics Museum • Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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- 1.Biographical data at the Netherlands Institute for Art History.
- 2.Jan de Rooden (1931-), Items door kunstenaar/bedrijf - Literatuur over kunstenaar/bedrijf at artentique.nl. Accessed 16.05.2015.
- 3.Schmidt, Mariet | Capriolus Collectable Ceramics
- 4.Mienke Simon Thomas (2008). Goed in vorm: honderd jaar ontwerpen in Nederland. p. 188
- 5."A Life Story in Ceramics 1957-2006 " at www.gemeentemuseum.nl, 10.10.2012
- 6.Johnny Rolf in Princessehof Ceramics Museum collection, 2015.
- 7.Collectie Wim Crouwel: Johnny Rolf, recent werk uit srie ovens, 1980, at stedelijk.nl/en/artwork/52912. Accessed 05.2015.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- J.W.N. van Achterbergh, 'Inleiding tot het werk van Johnny Rolf en haar man Jan de Rooden', Mededelingenblad Vrienden van de Nederlandse Ceramiek nr. 2, 1964, p. 32-51
- R. Driessen, 'Keramiek als levenswerk. Een gesprek met Johnny Rolf en Jan de Rooden', Vormen uit vuur nr. 197, 2007, p. 24-34
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