Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof

The field of work recorded is product design and graphic design. Employment is recorded with Furniture workshop of E.J. van Wisselingh & Co. Works named in the authority record are Gold- and Silverfish in an Aquarium, Tulip Fields and Pike and Perch in an Aquaruim. Work by Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Teylers Museum, Centraal Museum, Dordrechts Museum and Museum De Lakenhal.

• Name — Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof • Born — 8 February 1866 • Birthplace — Zwollerkerspel, The Netherlands • Died — 14 June 1924 • Place of death — Overveen, The Netherlands • Field — painter • Spouse — Willy Keuchenius • Illustration — Pike and Perch in an Aquarium

Born in Zwollerkerspel to a farmer, he studied first at the art academy in The Hague, but moved to Amsterdam in 1884 to follow lessons at the arts and crafts school. He was a member of Natura Artis Magistra and especially enjoyed watching their new aquarium which opened in 1882. He spent many afternoons after his studies at the art academy there sketching and painting the fish in watercolours. From 1897 he worked on furniture design for the firm E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam. He married the textile artist Willy Keuchenius. He died in Overveen.