Andre van der Vossen - Houtsnede: Kwakelbrug Edam - 1928 - Sold

Woodcut by Andre van der Vossen. Title: Kwakelbrug Edam. Number: 178/300. Year: 1928. Dimensions top: H31 x W23cm. Dimensions of the presentation: H15.5 x W10cm. The work is signed by the artist at the bottom right. The authenticity of this work is fully guaranteed. A certificate of authenticity can be emailed upon request.

Upon purchase, the work can be picked up in 's-Gravenzande (near The Hague (Scheveningen), Rotterdam and Delft and 5 minutes from the beach). The term for collection, when paid in advance, is very long, ie the buyer can collect the work weeks or even months later and if possible combine it with a visit to one of the above-mentioned cities or the beach. The work can also be sent. Our shipping days are Tuesday and Thursday.

André van der Vossen (Haarlem, February 26, 1893 – Overveen, May 17, 1963) was a Dutch graphic designer, painter and draftsman. Education in 1915 at the School of Architecture, Decorative Arts and Craftsmanship in Haarlem, among other things, he followed a course in woodcut technique. He also received his training as a designer here. He also designed book bindings.

From 1917 to 1933, Van der Vossen was associated with the company Joh. Enschedé and Sons in Haarlem. In 1920 André van der Vossen took part for the first time in the competition for the renewal of the Dutch postage stamp. In 1948 he started painting abstractly and in 1949 his annual participation in the Salon des Realités Nouvelles (until 1956) began.

In 1953 he received his appointment as teacher at the Department of Aestetic Design of the PTT.

Van der Vossen passed away in 1963, and a commemorative exhibition was held in the Haarlem museum Huis van Looy.

1928 Folder with ten woodcuts with the subject: Monnikendam-Volendam-Marken. Printed and published in Edam by the Klyne Librye. Van der Vossen also designed the drawing at the top of the rhyme print on the occasion of the wedding of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld on 7 January 1937, with a text by Pieter Cornelis Boutens.