Edmond Bellefroid
Guillaume Marie Edmond Bellefroid (Maastricht, 1893 - 1971) was a Dutch painter, ceramist and industrial designer.
From 1910 he was educated at the École St. Luc in the Belgian city of Liège. Bellefroid joined the group of young painters around Rob Graafland. In the 1920s he was a member of the "Bende van De Suisse", a group of artists and culture lovers who regularly met in the Café Suisse on the Vrijthof in Maastricht.
Bellefroid lived in Maastricht until 1927, then moved to Neerharen and returned to Maastricht in 1933. In the period 1929-1946 he was a designer of earthenware dinnerware at De Sphinx in Maastricht, succeeding Willem Jacob Rozendaal. In 1949 he switched as an industrial designer to competitor Royal Mosa. In 1938 he also designed a crystal service for Kristalunie.
With his design of a porcelain coffee pot, named Mosa Noblesse (design 1954, production 1954-1969) Bellefroid won the award at Le Signed d'Or in Brussels.
Bellefroid taught at the City Academy, the predecessor of the Maastricht Academy of Visual Arts. According to contemporaries, he was an authoritarian yet charismatic personality. He was an honorary citizen of Maastricht and a knight in the Order of Oranje-Nassau.
Museums (selection)
The British Museum, London (UK)
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (NL)
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Guillaume Marie Edmond Bellefroid (Maastricht, 1893 - 1971) was a Dutch painter, ceramist and industrial designer.
From 1910 he was educated at the École St. Luc in the Belgian city of Liège. Bellefroid joined the group of young painters around Rob Graafland. In the 1920s he was a member of the "Bende van De Suisse", a group of artists and culture lovers who regularly met in the Café Suisse on the Vrijthof in Maastricht.
Bellefroid lived in Maastricht until 1927, then moved to Neerharen and returned to Maastricht in 1933. In the period 1929-1946 he was a designer of earthenware dinnerware at De Sphinx in Maastricht, succeeding Willem Jacob Rozendaal. In 1949 he switched as an industrial designer to competitor Royal Mosa. In 1938 he also designed a crystal service for Kristalunie.
With his design of a porcelain coffee pot, named Mosa Noblesse (design 1954, production 1954-1969) Bellefroid won the award at Le Signed d'Or in Brussels.
Bellefroid taught at the City Academy, the predecessor of the Maastricht Academy of Visual Arts. According to contemporaries, he was an authoritarian yet charismatic personality. He was an honorary citizen of Maastricht and a knight in the Order of Oranje-Nassau.
Museums (selection)
The British Museum, London (UK)
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (NL)
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Edmond Bellfroid
1893 (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
1971 (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Industrial designer, ceramist, painter
1893 (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
1971 (Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Industrial designer, ceramist, painter
