Marianna Franken
Marianna Franken | |
|---|---|
| Born | Marianna Virginia Franken 2 February 1928 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | 15 February 2025 (aged 97) Laren, North Holland, Netherlands |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupations | Ceramicist, potter |
| Years active | 1955–2017 |
Marianna Virginia Franken (2 February 1928 – 15 February 2025), also known as M.V. Franken, was a Dutch ceramicist and potter.[1][2] She actively worked from 1955 until 2017 making ceramics.
Life and career
Marianna Virginia Franken was born on 2 February 1928, in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[3][4]
Between 1946 and 1955, she studied radiology at the University of California, Berkeley.[3][5] While she was living in California, her brother Gerard who had also lived in California, served in the United States Army during World War II.[6]
When she returned to Amsterdam after 1955, Franken focused her studies on ceramics with Emmy van Deventer.[3][7] Franken had a ceramics studio in Amsterdam from 1958 to 1960, and afterwards she moved her studio to Hoogland in Utrecht, Netherlands.[3] Franken briefly studied at the Farnham School of Art in England in 1964.[3] She moved to Voorthuizen in Gelderland, Netherlands from 1969 to 1992, followed by a move to Blaricum in North Holland, Netherlands.[3]
She died at the age of 97, on 15 February 2025 in the Rosa Spier Huis retirement home in Laren, North Holland, Netherlands.[8]
Franken's ceramics are in museum collections, including at Museum Arnhem,[9] Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen,[10] and Centraal Museum.
References
- ^ "Franken, Marianna". Artists of the World de Gruyter.
- ^ "Catalogus 19". Van Achterbergh Foundation (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- ^ a b c d e f "Franken, Marianna". Capriolus Contemporary Ceramics. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- ^ "Notification of declaration". De Amsterdammer. 7 February 1928. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- ^ University of California, Berkeley (1954). Commencement.
- ^ "Berkeley Woman's Brother in Germany". The Berkeley Gazette. September 3, 1952. p. 11. Retrieved 2025-12-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Outstanding exhibit begins Sunday at the Octogon". The Tribune. 1971-05-05. p. 10. Retrieved 2025-12-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Naamvarianten: Marianna Virginia Franken". RKD Research. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- ^ "Pot at Museum Arnhem". Collectie Gelderland (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- ^ "Sculpture, Marianna Franken (1964)". Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.