Pier Pander
Illustration — Self-portrait by Pier Pander (1918) Jacobs Pier Pander (20 June 1864 – 6 September 1919) was a Dutch sculptor and designer of medals. Pander was born in Drachten in the Dutch northern province of Friesland. He was the son of a poor boatman.
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Pier Pander
Pier Pander (1864-1919) · Pier Pander Museum · Public domain
- Born
- 1864. · Drachten.
- Died
- 1919. · Rome.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Occupation
- sculptor, medalist and designer.
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
- Languages
- Dutch.
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Illustration — Self-portrait by Pier Pander (1918) Jacobs Pier Pander (20 June 1864 – 6 September 1919) was a Dutch sculptor and designer of medals. Pander was born in Drachten in the Dutch northern province of Friesland. He was the son of a poor boatman.
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At a young age, his talent for woodcarving was recognised. Wealthy patrons enabled him to study at the Kunstnijverheidsschool Quellinus in Amsterdam (an art school) and later at the Académie des Beaux Arts in Paris. In 1885 Pander won the Dutch Prix de Rome for sculpture, but a serious illness disabled him. He moved to Rome in 1893, where he set up a studio. He frequently travelled to the Netherlands where he became famous for his design of the portrait of Queen Wilhelmina for a Dutch coin in 1898. Pander was friends with the Dutch writer Louis Couperus, who lived in Nice and Rome between 1900 and 1915. He eventually died in Rome from the effects of tuberculosis. He is buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome.
The recorded working language is Dutch. Places of work recorded in the authority are Amsterdam, Paris and Rome. Work by Pier Pander is recorded in the collections of Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Museum De Lakenhal, National Museum Paleis het Loo, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and Het Scheepvaartmuseum. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Pier Pander is recorded with the occupation sculptor. Recorded as sculptor, medalist and designer.
Beeldende kunsten. Beeldhouwwerk van P. Pander
Jacob Olie · https: beta.archief.amsterdam/detail/ba08e089-d587-28f4-63a8-f68a2a9b57e2
Life and career
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Life and career
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1864
Pier Pander born at Drachten.
1919
Pier Pander died at Rome.
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Drachten.
Birth place
Rome.
Death place
Primary material
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Institutional database
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1966895: Pier Pander
Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation
authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 16316433-2, Museum Pier Pander (Leeuwarden).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
reference work
- “Pier Pander”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Literature
Literature
Pander, Pier, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Pander, Pier, Oxford Art Online, 2003
De beeldhouwer Pier Pander en de portretten van Willem Mengelberg en zijn vrouw, The Rijksmuseum Bulletin, 1995
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- 1.Marcel Broersma, Zoektocht naar zuiverheid. Pier Pander, 1864-1919 (Leeuwarden: Friese Pers Uitgeverij, 2007).
- 2.Notable Graves | Non-Catholic Cemetery.
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1966895: Pier PanderWikimedia Foundation
Institutional witnessauthority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 16316433-2, Museum Pier Pander (Leeuwarden).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Pier Pander received Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Naming and authority record. Those registers additionally record the forms Pier Pander Museum (Leeuwarden) and Prinsentuin (Leeuwarden).
Recognition and collections
Work by Pier Pander is
Stadsarchief Rotterdam, Museum De Lakenhal, National Museum Paleis het Loo and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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