Jurriaan Schrofer

The field of work recorded is graphic design and postage stamp design. Employment is recorded with Total Design and ArtEZ University of the Arts. Work by Jurriaan Schrofer is recorded in the collections of Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Museum Arnhem, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Nationaal Archief and Eye Filmmuseum. Distinctions recorded are H.N. Werkman Award and Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.

• Name — Jurriaan Schrofer • Birth Name — Jurriaan Willem Schrofer • Born — 15 April 1926 • Birthplace — The Hague, Netherlands • Died — 1 July 1990 • Place of death — Amsterdam, Netherlands • Partner — Violette Cornelius (1956–1964) • Father — Willem Schrofer • Relatives — Hannie Bal (stepmother) Frans Schrofer (half-brother)

Jurriaan Willem Schrofer was born on 15 April 1926 in The Hague, Netherlands. His father Willem Schrofer was a painter of abstract art. In 1945, he graduated from the gymnasium and afterwards he briefly studied law. In the late 1940s, he moved from Leiden to Amsterdam, to become a film director, but he was not very successful.

• Illustration — Hugo Brandt Corstius receives the Busken Huet Prize from Schrofer (right) in 1985 • Illustration — Schrofer designed this Holocaust memorial in Dordrecht from 1989 In 1949, Schrofer became an assistant of Dick Elffers. From 1952 to 1955, he worked as designer for Drukkerij Meijer, a printer in Wormerveer. From 1955 onwards, he worked as independent designer. He was awarded the H. N. Werkman Prize for a type specimen of Drukkerij Meijer in 1956. He was awarded the H. N. Werkman Prize a second time for his book design of Space for Living (1961) in 1962. From 1974 to 1979, he was a partner at the design studio Total Design in Amsterdam. From 1979 to 1984, he was director of the Academy for Fine Arts and Design in Arnhem.

Schrofer died on 1 July 1990 in Amsterdam. He was buried on De Brandenburg Cemetery in Bilthoven.