Harmen Abma
Harmen Abma (21 November 1937 in Hilaard – 30 November 2007 in Sneek) was a Frisian abstract and conceptual artist and painter. He was a member of an artistic group in the 1960s known as De Bende van de Blauwe Hand in Harlingen. He often experimented with materials as diverse as electric wire, concrete mesh, rope, jute and seat cushions in his artistic works, and contributed tile pictures to houses.
Harmen Abma
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- Born
- 1937 · Hilaard.
- Died
- 2007 · Sneek.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
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- painter · draftsperson · ceramics designer · collagist · watercolorist
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Harmen Abma (21 November 1937 in Hilaard – 30 November 2007 in Sneek) was a Frisian abstract and conceptual artist and painter. He was a member of an artistic group in the 1960s known as De Bende van de Blauwe Hand in Harlingen. He often experimented with materials as diverse as electric wire, concrete mesh, rope, jute and seat cushions in his artistic works, and contributed tile pictures to houses.
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Harmen Abma (1937–2007) was a Dutch ceramics designer, collagist and draftsperson, among other activities. Born in Hilaard, the ceramics designer died in Sneek. Harmen Abma worked in Leeuwarden. Works by the ceramics designer are held at ASR art collection, CODA Museum and Fries Museum, among others.
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In the 1970s and 1980s he heavily researched and produced work based on colour mixing, and exploring the mathematical dimensions of it such as ratio and surface. Today his works are on display at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, and the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden.
Harmen Abma is recorded as painter, draftsperson, ceramics designer, collagist and watercolorist.
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1937
Harmen Abma born at Hilaard.
1984
Harmen Abma (1984) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
2007
Harmen Abma died at Sneek.
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