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Vincent Pieter Semeyn Esser known as Piet Esser (9 March 1914, Baarn[1] – 19 November 2004[2]) was a Dutch sculptor.[1]

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 in 1938,[3] and became a professor at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam in 1947.[1]

Selected works

• 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)

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See also

• Piet Esser in Dutch Wikipedia
• Groep van de figuratieve abstractie in Dutch Wikipedia

References

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Vincent Pieter Semeyn Esser, más conocido como Piet Esser (Baarn, provincia de Utrecht; 9 de marzo de 1914-Saint-Cybranet, Nueva Aquitania, Francia; 19 de noviembre de 2004), fue un escultor, medallista y fotógrafo neerlandés. Fue profesor de la Escuela estatal de Bellas Artes de Ámsterdam.

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