About Vilma Henkelman
Lived 1944 – 2023 (aged 78). Vilma Henkelman was a Dutch ceramicist, sculptor and photographer.
Vilma Maria Helena Henkelman (born 15 October 1944 in Rotterdam - died 20 March 2023) was a Dutch sculptor, ceramist, and photographer.
Live and work Born in Rotterdam, Henkelman took pottery lessons from Emmy van Deventer, and studied ceramic design at the Free Academy in The Hague. In 1967 she started working as assistant in the pottery factory Groeneveldt. In 1969 she started her own studio in The Hague at the Bagijnstraat. In 1975 moved to Amsterdam, where she started a studio and gallery at the Veerkade. From 1989 to 2005 she ran an own studio in Vlaardingen.
Her work is in the collection of the Princessehof Ceramics Museum in Leeuwarden.
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Dutch sculptor (1944-2023)
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Vilma Henkelman was born on 15 October 1944 in Rotterdam.
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Vilma Henkelman died on 20 March 2023.
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Vilma Henkelman was a ceramicist, sculptor and photographer.
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Vilma Henkelman was Dutch.
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