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John Bier - The Acrobats
The Acrobats is a well-known and popular realistic sculpture by artist John Bier. His signature JB is visible in the base. John Bier owes his fame partly to the impressive sculpture The Strandvonder (Simon Gutker) on the dune at Camperduin and The Cheese Merchants on the Waagplein in Alkmaar.
John Bier (Santpoort, December 17, 1936) is a Dutch sculptor and draftsman.
After the trade school, Bier graduated from the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam in the 1950s. He received a grant and started his own business. John Bier then worked as an assistant sculptor in Amsterdam and at the glass studio Van Tetterode in Amsterdam.
Sculptor John Bier works on commission and as an independent artist.