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Vincent Pieter Semeyn Esser known as Piet Esser (9 March 1914, Baarn[1] – 19 November 2004[2]) was a Dutch sculptor.[1]

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,[3] and became a professor at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam in 1947.[1]

Selected works
Icarus by Piet Esser in The Hague (1974).

* 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)

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