Frits Schiller - Indrukwekkend olieverf portret van de Amsterdamse School architect Piet Kramer - Sold

• Large (80x100cm!), painted by the Amsterdam artist Frits Schiller in 1955. Oil on canvas portrait of the famous Amsterdam school architect Pieter Lodewijk (Piet) Kramer (Amsterdam, July 1, 1881 – Santpoort, February 4, 1961).
• The painting is in good condition and is in the original frame. Total dimensions are 105x125cm!).

Pete Kramer July 1, 1881 - February 4, 1961 The Amsterdammer Pieter Lodewijk Kramer was probably apprenticed to a carpenter. He learned architectural drawing at the evening school of the Maatschappij voor den Werkenden Stand on the Groenburgwal. One of his classmates was Michel de Klerk. From 1900 to 1906, Kramer worked at the office of architect Ed. Cuypers. De Klerk also worked there, as did JM van der Mey and Berend Boeyinga, among others. Kramer left in 1906 but returned to Cuypers in 1910. In the meantime he worked at BJ Ouëndag, among others. In 1911 he started his career at the Public Works Department. Initially he was assistant to aesthetic consultant Van der Mey; in 1916 Kramer became an aesthetic consultant in the Bridges department. He would work there until his retirement in 1952. As a 'bridge builder', he was responsible for the design of more than 200 bridges in Amsterdam, including dozens of wooden bridges in the Amsterdamse Bos. In addition to his work for Public Works, Kramer took on all kinds of assignments. For example, he was involved in the Scheepvaarthuis (1911-1916) and together with De Klerk he designed homes for De Dageraad around the PL Takstraat, one of the jewels of the Amsterdam School (1919-1922).
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