Paul Schuitema

Kees Nieuwenhuijzen is recorded as having studied under Paul Schuitema. The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is typography, design and graphics. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rotterdam, The Hague and Wassenaar. Work by Paul Schuitema is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Museum of Modern Art and Netherlands Photo Museum.

• Name — Paul Schuitema • Birth Name — Geert Paul Hendrikus Schuitema • Born — 27 February 1897 • Birthplace — Groningen, Netherlands • Died — 25 October 1973 • Place of death — Wassenaar, Netherlands • Field — Typography, industrial design

Schuitema studied at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten in Rotterdam. In the 1920s, he began to work on graphic design, applying the principles of De Stijl and constructivism to commercial advertising. Along with Gerard Kiljan and his famous colleague Piet Zwart, he followed ideas pioneered in the Soviet Union by El Lissitzky and Rodchenko, in Poland by Henryk Berlewi and in Germany by Kurt Schwitters. • Illustration — Chair no. 55, 1932 During his employment at the NV Maatschappij Van Berkel Patent scale company in Rotterdam, Schuitema gained recognition for his original designs of stationery and publicity material, often using only the colors black, red and white and bold sans serif fonts. From 1926 on, he started working with photomontages, becoming one of the pioneers of this technique in the field of industrial design. Schuitema was a member of Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.) the Dutch Association for Craft and Craft Art. Even though he was a convinced socialist and often designed leftist publications directed at industrial workers, Schuitema also worked for major companies, such as Philips.