Sonja Landweer

Sonja Landweer (20 April 1933 – 15 December 2019) was a Dutch multi-disciplinary artist, who lived and worked in Ireland for much of her life.

Initially a ceramicist, she later also became known for her bronze castings with unique patinations and subtle forms, and painted, and made prints, jewellery and pottery.

[2] She studied ceramics at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in the early 1950s,[3] and started her own art studio in 1954.

[5] In 1965, she was invited to move to Ireland to revitalise Irish craft and design as part of a group of international artists.

They lived at The Island, Thomastown, which later became Grennan Mill Art School, and later Jerpoint Abbey.