Piet Esser



Vincent Pieter Semeyn Esser known as Piet Esser (9 March 1914, Baarn – 19 November 2004 ) was a Dutch sculptor.

Biography
Esser was part of the Dutch "Groep van de figuratieve abstractie" (Figurative abstraction group). He won a silver medal at the Prix de Rome in 1938, and became a professor at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam in 1947.

Selected works

 * Troelstramonument (monument to Pieter Jelles Troelstra) in The Hague (1953)
 * Watersnood 1953 (North Sea flood of 1953) in sculpture garden of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (1957)
 * Brederomonument  (monument to Gerbrand Adriaensz Bredero) in Amsterdam (1968)
 * Icarus in The Hague (1974)
 * Barmhartige Samaritaan (Good Samaritan) in Utrecht (1976)
 * Statue of Cornelis Lely in Lelystad (1984, erected 2002 but removed at sculptor's request in 2003)