Hans de Jong (26 March 1932 – 3 March 2011) was a Dutch sculptor, designer and ceramist.Hans de Jong at rkd.nl. Accessed 17.05.2015.Works of Hans de Jong in Princessehof Ceramics Museum, Accessed 17.05.2015.
Life and work Born in Leiden, De Jong received his first lessons in pottery in the studio of Gerrit de Blanken (1894–1961) in Zoeterwoude in 1948. He attended the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, where he studied at the ceramics department under Willem H. de Vries (1908-1969).Jong, Hans de at capriolus.nl
In the year 1958-59 De Jong was designer at Intercodam Tegels, which produced glass mosaics and tile panels. In 1959 he started his own studio in Amsterdam. In 1962 De Jong took part of an exhibition of six young ceramists from Amsterdam in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, together with Sonja Landweer, Jan de Rooden, Johan van Loon, Jan van der Vaart and Johnny Rolf, which signified the rebirth of artisan ceramics in the Netherlands.Mienke Simon Thomas (2008). Goed in vorm: honderd jaar ontwerpen in Nederland. p. 188
In the 1960s and 1970s he designed several larger ceramic wall sculptures, among others for swimming pools in Utrecht. From 1970 to 1972 he taught at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague and from 1974 to 1982 at the (AHK) in Amsterdam.
See also List of Dutch ceramists
References
Further reading J.W.N. van Achterbergh, "Over Hans de Jong, of de veelsoortige metamorphosen der ceramische ironie," Mededelingenblad Vrienden van de Nederlandse Ceramiek nr. 35, 1964, p. 3-33 Kuyken-Schneider, De zes amsterdamse pottenbakkers opnieuw bijeen : the six amsterdam potters together again. Dorris U. Uitgever Oosterbeek : Stichting Amphora, 2000.
External links Jong, Hans de at capriolus.nl