Govert-Marinus Augustijn

Govert-Marinus Augustijn (Bergen op Zoom, 27 October 1871 – Hilversum, 26 May 1963) was a Dutch potter in the style of the Art Nouveau.

The city of Bergen op Zoom was since the fifteenth century one of the most important centers for the production of ceramics in Europe.

Govert-Marinus married on May 4, 1906 in Bergen op Zoom with Cornelia Scriwanek, born in Maastricht, April 23, 1873.

Govert-Marinus himself was educated at firm's dependence "Amstelhoek," in Amsterdam, where he learned the modern techniques of those days.

"De Kat" began at that time to produce a series of art deco works.