Cor Dam
Cornelis (Cor) Dam (born April 26, 1935) is 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]
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
- Ceramic work (1967), Woerden
- Women (1968), Deventer
- Ceramic object (1983), Delft
- Four objects (1983), Delft
- Bergselaan in Rotterdam
- Huniadijk in Rotterdam
- Cymbelkruid in Rotterdam
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References
- Cor Dam at rkd.nl. Accessed 17.05.2015.
- Over Cor Dam Archived 2013-08-30 at the Wayback Machine at cordam.eu. Accessed 17.05.2015.
External links
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- (in Dutch) Cor Dam, Beeldend Kunstenaar
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