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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)

See also

• Piet Esser in Dutch Misplaced Pages
• Groep van de figuratieve abstractie in Dutch Misplaced Pages

References

1. ^ J. F. Staal, Grote Winkler Prins: Encyclopedie in twintig delen, Volume 17, 7th ed, Elsevier, 1966, ISBN 90-10-00037-0, p. 274 (in Dutch).
2. List of people born in Baarn (in Dutch).
3. Biography (in Dutch).

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