Jan Noyons - Bracelet gold with silver

Ladies bracelet.

Gold with silver.

Personal data
Full name Joannes Henricus Maria Noyons
Born Utrecht, July 6, 1918
Died Utrecht, December 8, 1982
Country of birth Netherlands
Occupation(s) sculptor, goldsmith, jewelry designer
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Years active 1947-1982
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Joannes Henricus Maria (Jan) Noyons (Utrecht, 6 July 1918 – ibid., 8 December 1982) was a Dutch sculptor, goldsmith and jewelry designer.[1]
Life and work

Noyons (also: Noijons) was a son of merchant Karel Antoon Marie Noyons and Jannetje Jacoba Wilhelmina 't Hart and a younger brother of the actor Ad Noyons. He was educated at the Institute for Applied Arts Education in Amsterdam and by the Amsterdam goldsmith Nico Witteman.[2] After his studies he returned to Utrecht, where he had his own studio on the Biltstraat.

Noyons made larger works, such as the main altar (1957-1958) for the St. Willibrordus Church in Arnhem,[3] but also smaller works such as liturgical vessels, jewelry, plaques and a rattle for Prince Willem-Alexander (1967). With his ecclesiastical (gold)smithing, Noyons contributed to renewal and modernization in the 1950s and 1960s.[4] In addition to his own designs, Noyons also executed those of others, including the bishop's staff designed by Niel Steenbergen for Mgr. WM Bekkers (1957).

Noyons was a member of the General Catholic Artists' Association. He participated in an exhibition of Pro Arte Christiana in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (1949), an exhibition of religious art at the Genootschap Kunstliefde (1953) and an exhibition of applied art in Hilversum (1955). In 1964 he opened an exhibition space at his studio, where he organised annual (duo) exhibitions with sculptors such as Fioen Blaisse, Paul Grégoire, Pieter d'Hont, Nel van Lith, Arie Teeuwisse and Theo van de Vathorst. Noyons taught Clemens van den Broeck and Tom van Bokhoven.[1]

Jan Noyons was appointed Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau (1977). He died at the age of 64 and was buried at the Sint Barbara cemetery. His studio on the Biltstraat was continued after his death by his wife Toos, until it was taken over by their son Willem Noyons in 1986.[5] In 2006, the monograph Jan Noyons, goudsmid was published and his work was shown in the exhibition From kelk tot koffiekan at the Museum Catharijneconvent.[6]

Design drawings for ecclesiastical goldsmith work and photographs of various works of art are located in the Catholic Documentation Center in Nijmegen.[1]