Vincent Pieter Semeyn Esser known as Piet Esser (9 March 1914, Baarn[1] – 19 November 2004[2]) was a Dutch sculptor.[1]
Biography
[edit]Esser was part of the Dutch "Groep van de figuratieve abstractie" (Figurative abstraction group). He won a silver medal at the Prix de Rome in 1938,[3] and became a professor at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam in 1947.[1]
Selected works
[edit]- Troelstramonument (monument to Pieter Jelles Troelstra) in The Hague (1953)
- Watersnood 1953 (North Sea flood of 1953) in sculpture garden of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (1957)
- Brederomonument (monument to Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero) in Amsterdam (1968)
- Icarus in The Hague (1974)
- Barmhartige Samaritaan (Good Samaritan) in Utrecht (1976)
- Statue of Cornelis Lely in Lelystad (1984, erected 2002 but removed at sculptor's request in 2003)
See also
[edit]- Piet Esser in Dutch Wikipedia
- Groep van de figuratieve abstractie in Dutch Wikipedia
References
[edit]- ^ a b c J. F. Staal, Grote Winkler Prins: Encyclopedie in twintig delen, Volume 17, 7th ed, Elsevier, 1966, ISBN 90-10-00037-0, p. 274 (in Dutch).
- ^ List of people born in Baarn (in Dutch).
- ^ Biography (in Dutch).
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