Jan Bontjes van Beek

Jan Bontjes van Beek (born 18 January 1899 in Vejle, Denmark; † 5 September 1969 in Berlin) was a German ceramicist, sculptor and dancer.

Life Between 1905 and 1915 Bontjes van Beek attended the elementary school and real high school in Uerdingen. He became a German national in 1907. Under the German tradition, where family members were deemed to share responsibility for the crime, known as Sippenhaft, Jan Bontjes van Beek was also arrested. She was guillotined on 5 August 1943 at Plötzensee Prison in Berlin. Bontjes van Beek was released after three months in prison for lack of evidence, In 1965 Bontjes van Beek became a member of the International Academy of Ceramics (L'Académie Internationale de la Céramique), Geneva 1936 Leicester Galleries London, together with Henry Moore. 1946 Exhibition participation in the Gerd Rosen Gallery in Berlin 1964 Museum for Arts and Crafts Hamburg 1978 Academy of the Arts Berlin 1999 Museum of Applied Arts Gera and Charlottenburg Palace (Ceramic Museum Berlin)

Awards and honours 1938 Gold medal at the Milan Triennial 1962 Silver Medal, 3rd International Ceramic Exhibition 1963 Prize of the Cultural Authority of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg 1965 Art Prize Berlin

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