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Willem Hussem Let, shining light that as if winged… Size: 56.5 cm x 39 cm Two-colour print in black and blue-grey. With embossing. Edition of 40 numbered copies. (number may change) Printed on Simili Japon. Salix Alba 1979
Hussem, painter, sculptor and poet, was a pupil of Dirk Nijland and attended the Rotterdam Academy. He lived in Paris from 1918 to 1936, where he met Piet Mondriaan and Pablo Picasso, among others. In addition to the latter, Vincent van Gogh also influenced his style. In 1936 he settled permanently in the Mijtensstraat (Schilderswijk) in The Hague. After the Second World War his works became abstract. He was part of art movements such as Fugare, the Liga Nieuw Beelden and Verve. His work is considered to belong to the art movement the New Hague School. Despite national and international successes, including three awards of the Jacob Maris Prize (in 1952 and 1955 for painting and in 1958 for drawing) and an invitation to the Venice Biennale, his family was not well off. His works are in the collection of: • Art Museum The Hague • Municipal Museum in Amsterdam • Dordrecht Museum in Dordrecht • Rijksmuseum Twenthe in Enschede