Herman Nieweg

Herman Nieweg (April 13, 1932 – May 28, 1999) was a Dutch sculptor and ceramist.

[1][2] Nieweg was born in Steenwijkerwold and studied interior design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam.

His teacher Frieda Koch brought him into contact with ceramics.

From the 1960s to the 1980s Nieweg lived and worked in Giethoorn, where he ran his own pottery studio.

Much of Nieweg's work was done in ceramics, examples are the reliefs he made for Zwolle and Heino.