Peter Alma

Peter Alma (18 January 1886 Medan – 23 May 1969 Amsterdam) was a Dutch artist. Alma was born in Medan, Indonesia and attended the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague in 1904. On the recommendation of Franz Seiwert he was employed by the Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum working with Gerd Arntz and Augustin Tschinkel on the development of Isotypes. He travelled to Moscow with Arntz and Otto Neurath to work at IZOSTAT to help them draw up pictorial images for statistics of the Five Year Plans.[1] Alma was a member of Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.) the Dutch Association for craft and craft art.[2] He painted a number of large murals in and around Amsterdam in the 1930s.[3]

Peter Alma
Born(1886-01-18)18 January 1886
Medan, Indonesia
Died23 May 1969(1969-05-23) (aged 83)
Amsterdam
NationalityDutch
OccupationPainter
Mural at Amsterdam Amstel railway station by Peter Alma (1939).

Works

Murals

A 1939 mural celebrating rail transportation covers one interior wall of the Amsterdam Amstel railway station.

A signed, undated mural of six men with machinery and tools stands in the stairwell of Stadhouderskade 68, Amsterdam (currently Hotel Aston City). The figures bear a range of skin tones, from brown to buff, indicating interracial inclusion.

Amsterdam Museum

The Amsterdam Museum keeps a number of his works in their depot:

References
  1. Annink, Ed; Bruinsma, Max (2010). Gerd Arntz Graphic Designer. Rotterdam: 010. ISBN 9789064507632.
  2. "V.A.N.K. Nederlanse Vereniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskuns". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. name="Transportation on Peter Alma's murals">den Boer, Arjan. "Transportation on Peter Alma's murals". Retours. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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