Henk Breuker
Dutch ceramist
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| Intro | Dutch ceramist | |
| Places | Netherlands | |
| was | Artist Ceramist | |
| Work field | Arts | |
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| Birth | 20 March 1918, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands | |
| Death | 6 February 1999Montpellier, Hérault, Occitania, France (aged 80 years) |
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Hendrikus Frederikus "Henk" Breuker (20 March 1914, Amsterdam – 20 March 2003, Montpellier) was a Dutch master turner in the pottery of Pieter Groeneveldt. After training as a cabinetmaker, he studied drawing in Leiden. First, he worked briefly as an apprentice potter in the Zaalberg factory. He then joining Groeneveldt. Here he worked until the bankruptcy in 1973. He signed his work with the monogram "HB" next to the monogram "PG" from Groeneveldt. After 1973 Breuker has worked as a potter in his own studio.