Hans Wiesman - 1950s gouache on paper "figures" signed in pencil - Sold

• The visual artist Hans Wiesman was born on May 7, 1918 in Sloten (now the municipality of Amsterdam).

Hans Wiesman studied at the Applied Arts School in Maastricht and under the guidance of Professor Röling at the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam. According to him, he learned the craft side of wall paintings through play from Matthieu Wiegman and Kees Verwey. In his early years as a visual artist he processed what he acquired according to his personal views. At that time he rarely went public with his own work. Together with his fellow student from the National Academy Constant Nieuwenhuys, Hans Wiesman made a trip to Paris in 1946. They met Asger Jorn in the Pierre Loeb gallery. Hans Wiesman stood at the cradle of the Cobra movement. His work is therefore related to the spirit of that movement. The young French critic René Renne wrote after meeting them in 1947: “young Dutch artists such as Constant, Wiesman, Kouwenaar and Ten Holt try to express their 'sentiment intimes' through color.” During that same trip, Hans Wiesman visited Sartre's favorite café, café de Flore, where he was introduced to Giacometti. Back in Haarlem, Hans Wiesman became involved in the Haarlem Art Life. In 1949 he united with other artists and art lovers in the Teisterbant society. Hans Wiesman Although he had lived in Bentveld, Zandvoort municipality, since 1951, he was well-liked in the Haarlem art world and his word had authority there. During that period, a number of modern-oriented artists and sculptors left the association “Kunst Zij Ons Doel”. With them, Hans Wiesman founded “De Groep”. Within The Group, Hans Wiesman was an inspiring and unifying figure. On a modest scale, Hans Wiesman participated in a number of group exhibitions: De Jonge Kunst 1948 in Galerie Picturaal Venster, Start, exhibitions by De Groep and an exhibition of international graphics at the Leffelaar art dealership. In addition, as a member of the Vishal committee, Hans Wiesman organized a number of exhibitions of modern national and international visual artists, which the art lovers of the time did not quickly forget. In his hometown of Bentveld, Hans Wiesman was very productive and philosophized a lot about art with colleagues and art friends. Hans Wiesman often worked in secret, which made it difficult to oversee his work. The attention that Hans Wiesman's monumental work has received in recent years has aroused the curiosity of many about his free work. His extensive and versatile oeuvre has been extensively mapped in recent years, so that an overview now exists of the different facets of his rich variety of works. The most special of his great and versatile talent was his unusual feeling (almost instinct) for architecture. In the fifties and sixties of the 20th century, Hans Wiesman designed most of his monumental works. Hans Wiesman died quite unexpectedly on August 19, 1988. Work by Hans Wiesman has been purchased by, among others, the government, the municipality of Haarlem and the Frans Hals museum in Haarlem.