Marie Silvester Andriessen (1897 - 1979)

Born 4 Dec 1897 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Ancestors

Died 7 Dec 1979 at age 82 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Biography

Marie Silvester Andriessen is Notable.

Marie Silvester Andriessen is geboren in Noord-Holland na 1811

Pronounciation

Mari Andriessen (/maːˈri ˈɑn.drisən/) Though the transcription is correct, the synthetic approximation fails to recognize the stress marker; emphasis should be placed on the first syllable of the surname.

Birth

Marie Silvester Andriessen was born on 4 December 1897 in Haarlem, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands. He is the son of Nicolaas Hendrik Andriessen and Gezina Johanna Francina Vester^[1]
His father was a musician and composer and his mother a painter. They were Catholic.

Marriage

He married Antonia Geertruida Hendrika Koot on 13 October 1921 in Haarlem at 23^[2]

Schooling

He went to the "Kunstnijverheidsschool" in Haarlem, after that he went on to the "Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten"in Amsterdam and the "Akademie der Bildenden Künste" in Munich, Germany.

Carreer

Mari belonged as a sculptor to the second generation of the "group of figurative abstraction" For them the interaction between the space around the art and the art itself was important. In his early years he created mainly statues of saints for Catholic churches. and portraits. After the war he became the most wanted sculptor for statues of war victims, holocaust victims and for war monuments. Mari received in 1955 the "Prijs van de Stichting Kunstenaarsverzet"^[3] His most best-known sculpture is probably the "Dokwerker" (docker) at the Jonas Daniel Meijerplein in Amsterdam, recalling the February strike of 25 and 26 February 1941. It was the first and only massive and open protest against the persecution of the Jews in occupied Europe. The strike was triggered by the first raids in Amsterdam in which hundreds of Jewish men were arrested.^[4]

Dokwerker (Amsterdam), Image made 2005 by P.H.Louw.[5]

He also created quite a few statues of famous Dutch people.

He co-founded Atelier '63 a schooling and developing possibility for young artists in the fine arts where they are guided by renowned artists and have their own studios.

Death

He passed away on 7 December 1979 in Haarlem at the age of 82.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: Burgerlijke Stand Geboorte 1897, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland. Akte 1729 (1897-12-06), Noord-Hollands Archief accessed via WieWasWie Permalink
2. ↑ Marriage: Burgerlijke Stand Huwelijk 1921, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland. Akte 590 (1921-10-13), Noord-Hollands Archief accessed via WieWasWie Permalink
3. ↑ PrijsKunstenaarsverzet1942-1945-Wikipedia
4. ↑ FebruariStaking-Wikipedia [nl]
   (see also: wikipedia:February strike [en])
5. ↑ [Dokwerker Amsterdam

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