Piet Warffemius - Acrylic on canvas - 1988 (large work, heavily discounted!) - Sold

Acrylic on canvas by Piet Warffemius. Year: 1988. Dimensions incl. frame: H114 x W119cm. Canvas dimensions: H110 x W160cm. The work is signed by the artist at the bottom center. The authenticity of the work offered is fully guaranteed. A certificate of authenticity can be emailed upon request.

Frames: Damage to frames is not described. If a work is framed behind glass and the glass is broken, this will be stated. Reflection may be visible in photos of framed works.

When purchased, the work can be picked up in 's-Gravenzande (near The Hague (Scheveningen), Rotterdam and Delft and 10 minutes from the beach). The collection period, if paid in advance, is very long. In other words, the buyer can pick up 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. We can also ship the work via a small art courier (Swift).

Petrus Marcelus Maria (Piet) Warffemius (working under the name Warffemius) (The Hague, February 14, 1956) is a Dutch visual artist.

Life and work
Warffemius was born in The Hague in 1956. He trained there at the Royal Academy of Art, where he graduated in 1979. He was a student of, among others, Aart Roos and Auke de Vries. After his education, he worked in several areas of the visual arts. He is a painter, sculptor, graphic artist and ceramist.
His work is in the collections of Rabobank, ING Bank, Fortis Bank, Westland Utrecht Hypotheekbank, Nationale Nederlanden, Albert Heijn, the Dutch Railways, KPN and various other companies. Several ministries and the Kruithuis museum in 's-Hertogenbosch also have work by him. There is a bronze statue by his hand in the sculpture garden of the Caldic Collection in Wassenaar. Commissioned by the NS, he made a series of panels that were used for the interior of the carriages. Warffemius won the Jacob Hartog Prize in 1997 and the Godon Prize in 1980. Warffemius is part of the Potsdamer Gruppe, including Sjoerd Buisman and Armando. In 2007 he was a guest lecturer at the Academy of Visual Arts in Hamburg.
He made the sculpture Trees for the Park Sytwende in Voorburg and the sculpture Spring for Doorn, both sculptures were made of corten steel. An untitled work in the shape of a tree was given a place on the Amstelveenseweg in Amsterdam in 2010. Commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he made a sculpture of Corten steel, which was placed at the Dutch embassy in Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.