COLENBRANDER, Theodoor Christiaan Adriaan
(b. 1841, Doesburg, d. 1930, Laag-Keppel)

Plate

1886
Glazed polychrome pottery, height 5 cm, diameter 41 cm
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Colenbrander, the artistic manager of the Rozenburg factory, had already introduced light-dark contrast-based ornamentation derived from Javanese batik before Juriaan Kok came along. However, the vessels are still in the tradition of Dutch cupboard or fireplace decoration.




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