Sophie Verrijn Stuart | |
Birth Date: | 18 April 1890 |
Birth Place: | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
Death Place: | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
Nationality: | Dutch |
Education: | Kunstnijverheidsschool Quellinus |
Field: | Ceramics |
Sophie Verrijn Stuart (1890–1946) was a Dutch ceramicist.[1]
Verrijn Stuart was born on 18 April 1890 in Amsterdam.[2] She studied at Kunstnijverheidsschool Quellinus (Amsterdam) where she was a student of Bert Nienhuis.[1] She taught at De Nieuwe Huishoudschool, and around 1928 she designed tableware for . She worked as a potter in Amsterdam from 1926 until her death.[2]
In 1925 Verrijn Stuart won an honorable mention at International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris.[2] Verrijn Stuart was a member of Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.) the Dutch Association for Craft and Craft Art.[1]
Verrijn Stuart died on 14 August 1946 in Amsterdam.[2] Her work is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam[3] and the Kunstmuseum Den Haag.[4]