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Liesbeth Messer-Heijbroek


Liesbeth Messer-Heijbroek

Liesbeth Messer-Heijbroek (born Amsterdam, 25 April 1914: died Breda, 6 November 2007) was a Dutch sculptor and medal maker.

Liesbeth Messer-Heijbroek Panoramio Photo of Eenhoorn Oostburg NL Liesbeth MesserHeijbroek

Born Liesbeth Heijbroek, she studied in the city of her birth at the Rijksakademie (National academy) under both Jan Bronner and Theo van Reijn. In 1940 she married am architect called Willem Messer and the couple settled in Zeeland, in the south-west of the country. The war memorial (1948) in the main cemetery at Domburg was a project shared between the two of them.

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Works on public display

Domburg

  • 'Knielende vrouw' (kneeling woman), monument Second World War (1948), Algemene begraafplaats

    • Middelburg

  • twee beeldengroepen (Two men : two women) (1956), Langevielebrug
  • drie sporters (1960), bronzen gevelreliëf aan de Bachensteene (voormalige gymzaal)

    • Oostburg

  • Monument: Second World War (1951), in the public cemetery in the old town
  • Eenhoorn (Unicorn) (1952), Eenhoornplantsoen (Unicorn Square)

    • References

    Liesbeth Messer-Heijbroek Wikipedia
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