Christopher (Chris) Agterberg ( Dutch. Christopher (Cris) Agterberg ; April 22, 1883, Amsterdam - November 21, 1948, Utrecht ) - Dutch artist and sculptor [6] .
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Content
- 1 Life and work
- 2 Exhibitions of works
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Life and work
Agterberg was born in Amsterdam to the family of Christopher Agterberg Sr., a plasterer by profession, and Alida Gramberg. He studied at the school of Quillinus and at the vocational school of the city of Elberfeld, Germany. In 1905, he married Rebecca Hartgers, who worked as a textile designer. Agterberg made pottery, worked with wood, glass, leather and metal, created jewelry, masks and art bindings of books. He called himself "a sculptor and decorator."
In 1932, he joined the National Socialist Movement (NSS) under the leadership of Anton Mussert . I got a party ticket at number 57. In the early years of the NSB, Agterberg designed the scenery of the meeting room of the party members. The first headquarters of the NSB in Utrecht was located in a building that was originally the studio of Agterberg. During the Second World War, he was a member of the Advisory Council on the nominations of artists of related arts . The council was founded by the Dutch House of Arts, which was supervised by the Department of Public Information and the Arts. At the same time, Agterberg in Utrecht exhibition gallery "House of Arts of St. Peter." He also developed several awards for members of the NSS, such as the signs “Fight and Victim” and “Eastern Front”.
In 1947, Agterberg was convicted of collaborating with the occupation regime, but was immediately released, as he had already spent a long time in prison. The verdict took into account that Agterberg suffered from a deadly disease and that from the very beginning he was an ideological Nazi and therefore did not betray anyone. The following year, he died in Utrecht.
In 2002, an exhibition of works by Chris Agterberg was held at the Utrecht Central Museum: it displayed samples of furniture, jewelry and small dishes.
Work Shows
- Rijksmuseum , Amsterdam [7]
- Princesses Ceramics Museum, Leeuwarden [8]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/682
- ↑ Chris Agterberg
- ↑ 1 2 Christoffel Agterberg - 2009.
- ↑ RKDartists
- ↑ Union List of Artist Names - 2016.
- ↑ Biographical data at the Netherlands Institute for the History of Art.
- ↑ Objects at the Rijksmuseum
- ↑ Objects (inaccessible link) at the Princessehof Ceramics Museum.
Literature
- Brouwer, M. and Haffmans, J. (2001) Cris Agterberg; sculptor and decorative artist. Vianen :. Optima ISBN 90-76940-04-5 and ISBN 90-76940-03-7 .
- Karsten, JM (2006) insignia of the Movement: an illustrated overview with insignia of the National Socialist Movement 1931-1945. Lunteren Promil. ISBN 90-810-654-1-6 .
- Kuyvenhoven, F. (2010) Index Dutch visual artists, photographers and art zealots. ISBN 9789072905550 .
- Venema, A. (1986) Art dealers in the Netherlands 1940-1945. Amsterdam: Workers Press. ISBN 90-295-5010-4 .