Chris Lanooy
{{short description|Dutch potter and designer}}
Johannes Christiaan "Chris" Lanooy (16 March 1881 – 24 January 1948) was a Dutch potter and designer, who worked as ceramist, painter, draftsman and sculptor, and he produced stained-glass art.[https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/48024 Biographical data] at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Life and work
Lanooy was born in Sint-Annaland i 1881 as son of Cornelis Lanooij and Janna van 't Hof. Lanooy studied at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague and was a student of the Roermond architect and artist Pierre Cuypers and Gouda painter and art teacher Jan Lugthart. As a ceramist, he was an autodidact.
He worked at ceramic factories in The Hague, Gouda en Purmerend, and at the Royal Leerdam Crystal glass factory in Leerdam. His work has been exhibited regularly at home and abroad. The Princessehof Ceramics Museum in Leeuwarden has more than a hundred works of Lanooy in the collection. In 2002 this museum dedicated a retrospective exhibition of his work."[http://www.dekrantvantoen.nl/vw/page.do?code=LC&id=LC-20020402-015&aid=LC-20020402-15014 Het vuur van Lanooy nog altijd aantrekkelijk]," in Leeuwarder Courant, 2 April 2002 Twenty-five years earlier, in 1977, this museum also dedicated an exhibition to his work."[http://www.dekrantvantoen.nl/vw/page.do?code=LC&id=LC-19770415-013&aid=LC-19770415-13002 Lanooy zich uitleven in glazuur – Uitstekende overzichtsexpositie in Princessehof]," in Leeuwarder Courant, 15 April 1977. This exhibition was opened by the then Minister of Culture, Recreation and Social work, Harry van Doorn.
Lanooy was married to Joanna Elisabeth Schuitemaker. He died in January 1948 at the age of 66 in the province of Gelderland in Epe. In September 2008, the renewed council hall of the town hall of Epe was renamed the Lanooy lounge, and contained a stained glass window of Lanooy."Vernieuwde raadszaal geopend," website gemeente Epe, 5 september 2008
Public collections
Among the public collections holding works by Chris Lanooy are:
Gallery
File:Bord met monochroom blauw glazuur, 1925-50.jpg|Plate with monochrome blue glaze, 1925–50
File:Vaas met glazuurdecoratie, 1925-50.jpg|Vase with glaze decoration, 1925–50
File:Schotel met polychroom decor van granaatappels, 1930.jpg|Dish with polychrome decor of pomegranates, 1930
File:Plastiek, voorstellende het hoofd van Guanyin, 1950.jpg|Plastic art, head of Guanyin, 1950
See also
References
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Further reading
- Ebbinge, E. C. J. Lanooy, kunstpottenbakker, uitg. Eisma, Leeuwarden, 1977 (ter gelegenheid van een tentoonstelling van zijn werk in het Gemeentelijk Museum "Het Princessehof" te Leeuwarden
- Kley-Blekxtoon, Annette van der Leerdam glas 1878–2003 : de glasfabriek Leerdam, 4e druk, uitg. ANTIEK Lochem, 2004 (eerder uitgegeven als Leerdam glas 1878–1998: de glasfabriek Leerdam, in 1999 en oorspronkelijk als Leerdam glas 1878–1930 opgenomen in de Tijdstroom antiekwijzers, uitg. De Tijdstroom, Lochem, 1984)
- Heijbroek, Willem [et al.] Tussen twee vuren: Chris Lanooy, 1881–1948, uitg. Waanders, Zwolle, 2002
External links
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- {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.lanooij.com/ lanooij.com]
- {{in lang|nl}} [http://www.biografischwoordenboekgelderland.nl/bio/4_Christiaan_Johannes_Lanooy Christiaan Johannes Lanooy 1881–1948, kunstpottenbakker], at biografischwoordenboekgelderland.nl.
- {{in lang|nl}} {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150520000203/http://www.artwis.com/articles/chris-lanooy/ Chris Lanooy]}} at artwis.com, 11 March 2010.
- [http://collectie.princessehof.nl/portal/search?query=Lanooy%2C+Chris Works of Chris Lanoo]{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at Keramiekmuseum Princessehof.
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