Sophie Verrijn Stuart

Verrijn Stuart was born on 18 April 1890 in Amsterdam.^[2] She studied at Kunstnijverheidsschool Quellinus (Amsterdam) where she was a student of Bert Nienhuis.^[1] She taught at De Nieuwe Huishoudschool, and around 1928 she designed tableware for Plateelbakkerij Zuid-Holland [nl]. She worked as a potter in Amsterdam from 1926 until her death.^[2]

In 1925 Verrijn Stuart won an honorable mention at International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris.^[2] Verrijn Stuart was a member of Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.) the Dutch Association for Craft and Craft Art.^[1]

Verrijn Stuart died on 14 August 1946 in Amsterdam.^[2] Her work is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam^[3] and the Kunstmuseum Den Haag.^[4]

• images of Verrijn Stuart's work at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam