Cornelis (Cor) Dam (April 26, 1935 – July 29, 2019) was a Dutch artist, who has been active as sculptor, painter, illustrator and ceramist.[1]

Life and work

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. And from 1956 until 1980 he worked at Ateliers Ceramic Structure 68 bv in The Hague. Since 1988 he lectured at the Technical University of Delft.[2]

Cor passed away on July 29, 2019.

Sculptural works of Dam can be found in the public space of several Dutch cities. For the Anne Frankschool in the district Oosterwei in Gouda he designed a relief (see first image), showing in bright colors Anne Frank depicted, writing, candlelight in the attic, in her diary.

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), shoppingcentre 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

Gallery

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  Ceramic work (1967), Woerden
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  Women (1968), Deventer
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  Ceramic object (1983), Delft
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  Four objects (1983), Delft
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  Bergselaan in Rotterdam
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  Huniadijk in Rotterdam
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  Cymbelkruid in Rotterdam

See also

• List of Dutch ceramists
• List of Dutch sculptors

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cor Dam.

• (in Dutch) Cor Dam, Beeldend Kunstenaar