Gerrit Bolhuis

Gerrit Bolhuis studied at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. Training under Jan Bronner is recorded. The field of work recorded is ceramic art. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are modernism. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome, Paris and Amsterdam. Works named in the authority record are Medal of the city of Amsterdam. Work by Gerrit Bolhuis is recorded in the collections of Museum Henriette Polak, Museum Arnhem, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Het Scheepvaartmuseum and Jewish Museum.

Bolhuis was born in 1907 in Amsterdam. He studied at the Kunstnijverheidsschool Quellinus under the teachers Jan Bronner and Hendrik Adriaan van de Wal. He was the winner of the Dutch Prix de Rome in 1934. After a troublesome time joining, he was accepted at the Dutch Society of Sculptors. Many of his works were created after World War 2, due to his work being disrupted then. He died in 1975 and is buried in Amsterdam. He is considered popular in the Netherlands but unknown to the general public.

A popular work of his is a series of lamb statues near a fountain in the district of Osdorpplein, Amsterdam, made in 1966. In 1959, he made a statue of William the Orange that was previously on display in Willemsted, Curacao, before being moved to Breda.

Gerrit Bolhuis is recorded as sculptor, ceramicist and medalist.