
Acquisitions
Enriching the collection
Keramiekcentrum Tiendschuur aspires to follow new developments in ceramic art and to include a reflection of them in the collection. Objects from the past are also regularly added to enrich the collection. Here are some recent examples.
Donation legacy Jacques Bongaerts
In late 2024, the Foundation for the Preservation and Management of Ceramic Heritage Jacques Bongaerts donated its collection consisting of Jacques Bongaerts' ceramic legacy to Ceramics Centre Tiendschuur in Tegelen. A wonderful acquisition for the museum.

Jac. Bongaerts - Wall sign Hoekstraat with Kranenbreukerhuis, Tegelen

Jac. Bongaarts in his studio JABO

Jac. Bongaarts – Duvelskaetel Sjteyl
Jacques Bongaerts is a renowned ceramist who has made an important contribution to Tegelen's ceramic heritage. He co-founded the important Tegelen fine ceramics workshop Russel-Tiglia in 1936. In 1952, he started his own studio in Tegelen.
The Tiendschuur already displayed important masterpieces by Jacques Bongaerts such as his phenomenal tile stove and the sculpted wagon with the Council of Elf of den Oeles. These objects were on loan to the foundation until now. The museum is particularly pleased to now accept these and many other objects into its ownership.

Donation Mr Ickenroth
Recently, the Ceramics Centre Tiendschuur received a nice donation from the estate of Mr Ickenroth, collector and resident in Reuver. A special piece from this collection is the stoneware jug dating from Westerwald. The jug bears the initials GR on the front of the belly, which stands for ‘George Rex’ (King George). Apparently, the jug was intended for the English market, but by unknown means it ended up with the collector in Reuver centuries later. The donation came at the right time; the object can now be seen in the exhibition ‘Kannenbäckerland’.

Marja Kennis (NL)
The work "Casting Life" by Marja Kennis was added to the collection because she manages to convince the world of 'modern art-lovers' with her ceramic work. Thanks in part to her, ceramics are rising in museums of modern art. Her inventive working method is unique. She has already received two grants to work at the EKWC. This object was made there during the first period. This glaze too that she can never recreate herself. It beautifully depicts the colour and texture of soft leaves from nature. It is a large monumental piece that has previously been shown at the Haags Gemeentemuseum and the Princessehof in Leeuwarden.

Sculpture by Pauline Wiertz (NL)
Pauline Wiertz, who died in 2019, was a prominent ceramicist, sculptor and jewellery designer. Her work is unique and recognisable by its baroque look. Sumptuous compositions built from casts of seafood, chicken legs, pickles, fish, shrimps and peanuts of porcelain. Among other things, she found inspiration in David Attenborough's underwater documentaries with an exuberant colour palette of corals, shells, luminous fish and jellyfish! She works with casts and assembles them into assemblages. In the process, she applied transfer techniques to add decorations to the objects.