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LORENZEN, Alma
- Born
- Cocagne, New Brunswick, 1916
- Died
- Lantz, Nova Scotia, 1998
- Biography synopsis
- In the 1940s Alma Lorenzen (nee Goguen) and her husband began working with clay and experimenting with glazes as a hobby in Dieppe, New Brunswick. She had studied art and design at art school in Antigonish, Nova Scotia (St. Franics Xavier) and her husband had studied in Denmark. In 1949 they moved to Lantz, Nova Scotia, a location widely recognized for important clay deposits, where they set up a studio and pottery shop. In their collaboration Alma was responsible for glazing, design and decoration while her husband produced stoneware pottery. Alma Lorenzen also produced figurines of animals and was known for her realistic representations of mushrooms which were acquired for science collections throughout Canada and the United States. The Lorenzens were recognized internationally for their work which is held in collections throughout the world.
- Media used
- Pottery
- Education
- Saint Francois Xavier (Mount Barnard College)
- File & Archive locations
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- Canadian Museum of Civilization Archives, QC
- Canadian Museum of History
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- Amos, Robert. "Just in Time for Fungus Season; Colourful Ceramic Mushrooms sprout at Maltwood Museum." Times-Colonist (Victoria) 27 Sept. 2007: D5
- Baird, G., Gotlieb, R., Kingwell, M. and Gardiner Museum. True Nordic: How Scandinavia Influenced Design in Canada London: Black Dog Publishing Ltd., 2016
- Barkhouse, Joyce. "Shopper's World in Nova Scotia, Mushrooms to Go." New York Times 28 Jul 1985: A12
- Barkhouse, Joyce and Dinamarca Lorenzen-King. The Lorenzen Collection. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Maritime Flavour Gallery (MCS Ventures), 1985
- Canadian Travel Film Library. Artists (Nova Scotia) New York: Canadian Travel Film Library, 1970
- Crawford, Gail. Studio Ceramics in Canada Fredericton: Goose Lane Editions, 2005
- Flood, Sandra. Canadian Craft and Museum Practice, 1900-1950 Hull: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2001
- Green, Henry Gordon. A Heritage of Canadian Handicrafts. McClelland and Stewart, 1967
- King, Sanchez. The Lorenzen Pottery, Ernst and Alma Lorenzen, Contributions to Nova Scotia Craft since 1949. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia Centre for Craft & Design, Mary E. Black Gallery, 2002
- Lorenzen, Alma and Ernst Lorenzen. Exhibition of Pottery : Alma and Ernst Lorenzen Halifax, Nova Scotia: St. Mary's University, 1968
- MacDonald, Colin S.. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009
- Morrison, Barry. "Ernst and Alma Lorenzen." Studio Ceramics Canada Studio Ceramics, 2013
http://studioceramicscanada.com/ernst-alma-lorenzen/ - Owen, J. Victor, et.al.. "Lorenzen Pottery: Fifty Years in the Making." Material Culture Review 76 (Fall 2012): 93-107
http://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/21412 - Shakleton, Marge and Phil Shakleton. "They Play with Mud." Saturday Night 25 July 1950
- Sparling, Mary, et al.. Some Nova Scotia Women Artists Halifax, Nova Scotia: Norman Wade Co., 1975
