oil on canvas

signed lower right

100 x 75 cm ( imagesize)

Biography

Gerard Huijsser (Amsterdam 1892 - 1970 Laren) studied from 1919 to 1923 at the Quellinus School of Applied Arts in Amsterdam and the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, where he was taught by A.J. Derkinderen. He lived in Amsterdam until 1911 and then in Bloemendaal until 1925. In 1921 he won the Cohen-Gosschalk Prize. From 1925 to 1929 he lived and worked in Paris and Algiers, returning to Bloemendaal. He enjoyed travelling and so he travelled to Tunis, back to Haarlem and lived in Istanbul for a while. From 1941 he lived and worked in Laren.

His work consists mainly of oil and watercolour paintings and drawings, which usually depict landscapes and still lifes, but also figures in an expressionist style. Huijsser sought his subjects in England, France, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia. Huijsser was a member of Kunst zij ons doel (Heemstede), Gooische Schildersvereniging, Kunstenaarsvereniging Sint Lucas, the Federation of Associations of Professional Visual Artists (Amsterdam) and the Dutch Artists' Society. Abroad he exhibited at the exhibition of the "Institut de Carthage" 1927-1932 and the Group of the "Dodici Pittori Moderni" in Tunis 1933. Singer, the Stedelijk Museum in Maastricht, the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and the national collection have works by Huijsser. Huijsser also made a number of stained glass works of art.

ART FOR SALE Gerard Huijsser