Dick Elffers

Dirk Cornelis "Dick" Elffers (Rotterdam, 9 December 1910 – Amsterdam, 17 June 1990) was a Dutch artist.[1][2][3]

Dick Elffers
Born
Dirk Cornelis Elffers

(1910-12-09)9 December 1910
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Died17 June 1990(1990-06-17) (aged 79)
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Known forPainting
SpouseEmmy Andriesse
Totem Pole by Elffers in Gouda.

Life

Elffers was trained at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (Rotterdam) as graphic designer.[1] He developed into a versatile artist: illustrator, painter, printmaker, book binding designer, sculptor, ceramist and photographer. Besides performer from 1970 to 1976 he was lecturer in monumental art at the AKV St. Joost in 's-Hertogenbosch. Elffers received the State Award for Typography for his typographic work. Elffers' work is included in the collection of the Joods Historisch Museum. Elffers was also involved as a designer at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, both in the graphic design of the museum and the exhibit design.

Elffers' work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[4]

Family

Dick Elffers was the son of Gerard Elffers (1868–1941) and Petronella Smits (1870–1912). He had ten brothers and sisters. His brother Kees was an architect, his sister Jo interior designer. Dick was married in 1941 with the photographer Emmy Andriesse (1914–1953), and remarried in 1954 Mien Harmsen (1915–2000). He is the father of writer, artist and illustrator Joost Elffers.

See also

References
  1. "Dick Elffers". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  2. Bruinsma, Max Een leest heeft drie voeten: Dick Elffers & de kunsten (1989) uitg. De Balie, Amsterdam, ISBN 90-6617-062-X
  3. Elffers, Dick Vorm en tegenvorm: poging tot een portret van een ontwerper (1976) uitg. Gerrit Jan Thiemefonds, Amsterdam
  4. "Onze kunst van heden, 1939 -". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 31 December 2020.
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