Willem Coenraad Brouwer
Dutch, 1877–1933
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Willem Coenraad Brouwer was a Dutch ceramist and sculptor .
Brouwer was the son of Nicolaas Brouwer, headmaster of a primary school in Leiden, and Antonia Coert. He studied at the Teekenschool in his birthplace. From 1894 to 1898 he worked there in the book decoration and letter cutting studio of his brother-in-law Johannes Aarnout Loebèr. He then left for Gouda , where he went to make pottery at Goedewaagen . Around 1900, Brouwer joined the group of artists around 't Binnenhuis .
In 1901 Brouwer founded his own ceramic company in Leiderdorp under the name Fabriek van Brouwer's Aardewerk . From 1906 he also made building ceramics and garden ceramics, an example of which is the architectural ceramics he made for the Peace Palace in The Hague . He is considered an innovator in this field. He worked together with architects such as Hendrik Petrus Berlage , Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud , Willem Dudok and Jan Wils . The factory was continued by his sons Klaas and Coen Brouwer .
Brouwer was a member of the Dutch Circle of Sculptors . In Leiderdorp, the Willem C. Brouwerlaan was named after him.
