Johanna Jacoba (Johnny) Rolf (born 30 September 1936, in The Hague) is a Dutch ceramist, drawing artist and sculptor.
Life and work
Rolf was educated into the pottery profession by Jan de Rooden, with whom she started a studio in 1958 and married. One of her students was the Dutch ceramist Mariet Schmidt, born in Schiedam in 1935.
In 1962 Rolf took part of an exhibition of six young ceramists from Amsterdam in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, together with Hans de Jong, Sonja Landweer, Johan van Loon, Jan de Rooden and Jan van der Vaart, which signified the rebirth of artisan ceramics in the Netherlands. In 1966 she was visiting designer at the Gustavsberg porcelain factory in Zweden.
In 1964 she and Jan de Rooden were awarded the "Contour Prijs" by De Koninklijke Porceleyne Fles in Delft.
Works in public collections
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Princessehof Ceramics Museum
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
See also
List of Dutch ceramists
References
Further reading
J.W.N. van Achterbergh, 'Inleiding tot het werk van Johnny Rolf en haar man Jan de Rooden', Mededelingenblad Vrienden van de Nederlandse Ceramiek nr. 2, 1964, p. 32-51 R. Driessen, 'Keramiek als levenswerk. Een gesprek met Johnny Rolf en Jan de Rooden', Vormen uit vuur nr. 197, 2007, p. 24-34