Johanna Jacoba (Johnny) Rolf (born 30 September 1936, in The Hague) is a Dutch ceramist, drawing artist and sculptor.Biographical data at the Netherlands Institute for Art History.
Life and work Rolf was educated into the pottery profession by Jan de Rooden, with whom she started a studio in 1958 and married.Jan de Rooden (1931-), Items door kunstenaar/bedrijf - Literatuur over kunstenaar/bedrijf at artentique.nl. Accessed 16.05.2015. One of her students was the Dutch ceramist Mariet Schmidt, born in Schiedam in 1935.Schmidt, Mariet | Capriolus Collectable Ceramics
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.Mienke Simon Thomas (2008). Goed in vorm: honderd jaar ontwerpen in Nederland. p. 188 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.
Works in public collections Gemeentemuseum Den Haag"A Life Story in Ceramics 1957-2006 " at www.gemeentemuseum.nl, 10.10.2012 Princessehof Ceramics MuseumJohnny Rolf in Princessehof Ceramics Museum collection, 2015. Stedelijk Museum AmsterdamCollectie Wim Crouwel: Johnny Rolf, recent werk uit srie ovens, 1980, at stedelijk.nl/en/artwork/52912. Accessed 05.2015.
See also List of Dutch ceramists
References
Further reading 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
External links
Johnny Rolf website Rolf, Johnny at capriolus.nl