Mari Andriessen artwork • statue • sculpture • previously for sale The sower
Mari Andriessen
Haarlem 1897-1979
1897-1979
The sower
bronze 22.4 x 8.0 cm, signed on the base and executed 1912
This sculpture was previously for sale.
Literature: Marius van Beek, 'Mari Andriessen', Amsterdam 1964, z.p., afb. 2a (van een exemplaar in gips); tent.cat. Haarlem, De Vleeshal, 'Mari Andriessen 70 jaar: Ere-tentoonstelling', 1967, z.p., cat.nr. 1 (met afb.); tent.cat. Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, 'Mari Andriessen 80', 1977, afb. pag. 24 en nr. 4 op bijgevoegde tent.lijst; L. Tilanus, 'Mari Andriessen De Beeldhouwer', Weesp 1984, afb. pag. 14, pag. 157, cat.nr. 270.
Exhibited: Haarlem, De Vleeshal, 'Mari Andriessen 70 jaar: Ere-tentoonstelling', 2 dec. 1967-7 jan. 1968; Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, 'Mari Andriessen 80', 1977.
Mari Andriessen is one of the most important Dutch sculptors of the 20th century. His sculpture is characterized by great expressiveness and sensitivity towards the subject, through which movement and emotion are conveyed to the viewer. It is not without reason that Andriessen made our most important post-war monumental sculpture groups: The docker in Amsterdam, the war memorial in Enschede and the Monument for the fallen Rotterdammers in Rotterdam. He also made portrait sculptures of famous composers, musicians and poets.
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