Harmen Abma (21 November 1937 in Hilaard – 30 November 2007 in

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) was a Frisian abstract and conceptual artist and painter. He was a member of an artistic group in the 1960s known as in Harlingen. He often experimented with materials as diverse as electric wire, concrete mesh, rope, jute and seat cushions in his artistic works, and contributed tile pictures to houses. In the 1970s and 1980s he heavily researched and produced work based on colour mixing, and exploring the mathematical dimensions of it such as ratio and surface. Today his works are on display at the

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in Amsterdam, the

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, and the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abma, Harmen 1937 births 2007 deaths Frisian painters Dutch abstract artists Dutch abstract painters Artists from Leeuwarden 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters 20th-century Dutch male artists