Piet Esser
Dutch sculptor
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| Intro | Dutch sculptor | |
| Places | Netherlands | |
| was | Artist Sculptor | |
| Work field | Arts | |
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| Birth | 9 March 1914 | |
| Death | 19 November 2004Saint-Cybranet (aged 90 years) |
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Vincent Pieter Semeyn Esser known as Piet Esser (9 March 1914, Baarn – 19 November 2004) was a Dutch sculptor.
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, and became a professor at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam in 1947.
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)