Sophie Verrijn Stuart

Sophie Verrijn Stuart was a Dutch ceramicist.

Biography

Verrijn Stuart was born on 18 April 1890 in Amsterdam. She studied at Kunstnijverheidsschool Quellinus where she was a student of Bert Nienhuis. 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.
In 1925 Verrijn Stuart won an honorable mention at International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris. Verrijn Stuart was a member of Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst the Dutch Association for Craft and Craft Art.
Verrijn Stuart died on 14 August 1946 in Amsterdam. Her work is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Kunstmuseum Den Haag.