Visser, Arie
Background: entrepreneurial family.
Education: University of Technology, Delft, civil engineering.
Relevant info: As a young engineer he was posted to Lebanon to work on the Damascus-Beirut waterworks. Numerous trips in the Middle East (Egypt, Palestine, etc.).
Start artwork: after retirement, 1949.
References: Visser, M., Kleurenpracht en rechtgelovigheid. De schilderijen en tekeningen van Arie Visser, 2002;
Van der Endt, Nico; Lexicon Nederlandse naïeve kunst van de twintigste eeuw / Lexicon of twentieth century Dutch naïve art, Venlo/Antwerpen, 1995, pp. 122-123.
From the mid fifties Visser’s works on biblical themes evolved, painted to express his annoyance at the decline of religion. With imagination he succeeds in transposing the miraculous stories from the Old Testament into paintings and coloured drawings. His use of colours is striking and may be a reflection of his Middle East memories.
Arie Visser1885 Papendrecht, The Netherlands - 1974 Papendrecht, The Netherlands
