Jan BONTJES VAN BEEK (* 1899, † 1969)

1899
born in Vejle/ Jutland, Denmark

1919
stays in Worpswede with Heinrich Vogeler among others

1919-1920
dance tours together with Olga Breling (expression dancer)

1921-1922
with Valentin Frank in the pottery apprenticeship

1922
founds pottery studio in Fischerhude (together with his sister-in-law Amelie Breling): Fischerhuder Kunstkeramik.

1923
studied at the Seger Institute, Berlin

1931-1932
study trip to Sèvres and to Paris

         

1933-1943
own pottery studio in Tegeler Weg in Berlin (Charlottenburg), destroyed by bombs in 1943

1946-1950
lecturer at the Hochschule für freie und angewandte Kunst in Berlin-Weißenseee; from 1947 to 1950 he was director

1950-1953
establishes series production of ceramics for Dr. Alfred Ungewiß in Dehme (Bad Oeynhausen)

1953-1960
Director at the Meisterschule für das Kunsthandwerk, Berlin (Charlottenburg)

1960-1966
Professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg

1969
died in Berlin, Germany

Source:
– Reineking v. Bock, Gisela: Keramik des 20. Jahrhunderts, Deutschland, München 1979, p. 104.