Home runner by Piet Esser
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Home runner 1956

Piet Esser

BronzeMetal
 26 cm
ConditionExcellent
Price on request

Kunsthandel Pygmalion

  • About the artwork
    'Homerunner' is made by Piet Esser, it's from the first series baseball players.
    Signed with stamp of the bronze caster Schmäke, Düsseldorf.
    Made in 1956. Literature: V.P.S. Esser, Monografieën van het Sculptuur Instituut, part 2, 2006, p. 135.
  • About the artist

    Piet Esser was a Dutch sculptor, married to the watercolour painter Dora Esser-Wellensiek.. He was a member of the Dutch "Groep van de figuratieve abstractie" (Figurative abstraction group). In 1938 he won the Prix de Rome and in 1956 he received the Prijs van de Stichting Kunstenaarsverzet 1942-1945.He was a professor at the Rijksakademie at Amsterdam (1947-1979) and he was a teaching figure for renowned individuals like Jan Wolkers and John Gardella.

    Piet Esser is considered to be one of the best of 20th century Dutch portrait sculptors. Edwards worked are all over Netherlands on squares and in museums. He was praised for its beautiful art but also vilified by the emerging modern artists in the 1960s. He continued his work after his retirement in France. He died in 2004.

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Artwork details

Category
Sculptures20th Century Sculptures
Subject
HumanSportPeople
Style
Modern Art (1860s-1970s)
Material & Technique
BronzeMetal
Colour
Brown