
Vincent Pieter Semeyn Esser known as Piet Esser (9 March 1914,
Baarn
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The municipality of Baarn
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[J. F. Staal, ''Grote Winkler Prins: Encyclopedie in twintig delen, Volume 17'', 7th ed, Elsevier, 1966, , p. 274 (in Dutch).] – 19 November 2004) was a Dutch
sculptor
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.
Biography
Esser was part of the Dutch "Groep van de figuratieve abstractie" (Figurative abstraction group). He won a silver medal at the
Prix de Rome
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in 1938,
Biography (in Dutch).
/ref> and became a professor at the Rijksakademie
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, Amsterdam
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in 1947.
Selected works
* ''Troelstramonument'' (monument to Pieter Jelles Troelstra
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) in The Hague
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(1953)
* ''Watersnood 1953'' (North Sea flood of 1953
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The storm and flo ...
) in sculpture garden of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
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, Rotterdam
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(1957)
* ''Brederomonument '' (monument to Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero (16 March 1585 – 23 August 1618) was a Dutch poet and playwright in the period known as the Dutch Golden Age.
Life
Gerbrand Adriaenszoon Bredero was born on 16 March 1585 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic, ...
) in Amsterdam
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(1968)
* ''Icarus
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'' in The Hague
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(1974)
* ''Barmhartige Samaritaan'' (Good Samaritan
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) in Utrecht
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(1976)
* Statue of Cornelis Lely
Cornelis Lely (; 23 September 1854 – 22 January 1929) was a Dutch politician of the Liberal Union (LU) and civil engineer. He oversaw the passage of an act of parliament authorising construction of the Zuiderzee Works, a huge project – desi ...
in Lelystad
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(1984, erected 2002 but removed at sculptor's request in 2003)
See also
* Piet Esser
Vincent Pieter Semeyn Esser known as Piet Esser (9 March 1914, BaarnJ. F. Staal, ''Grote Winkler Prins: Encyclopedie in twintig delen, Volume 17'', 7th ed, Elsevier, 1966, , p. 274 (in Dutch). – 19 November 2004) was a Dutch sculptor.
Biogra ...
in Dutch Wikipedia
* Groep van de figuratieve abstractie in Dutch Wikipedia
References
1914 births
2004 deaths
Dutch male sculptors
Modern sculptors
People from Baarn
20th-century Dutch sculptors
20th-century Dutch male artists
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