Discover sculptor, monumental artist, academy lecturer Hans Melis

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: Melis, Johannes Eduard

Qualifications: sculptor, monumental artist, academy lecturer
geeft tevens les aan de Art Studio Hans Melis

Nationality/school: Dutch, Canadian

Born: Tilburg (place) 1925-06-03

Deceased: Saint John's (Newfoundland) 1978

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Biographical information

Education: Akademie van beeldende kunsten (Den Haag)
Akademie der Bildenden Künste (München)
Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Dresden)

Active in

Tilburg (plaats)
Keulen (stad) 1930
tot 1930
Den Haag (stad) 1937
tot 1937
Oudenbosch (Noord-Brabant) 1939
tot 1939
Den Haag (stad) 1940
tot 1940
Rijswijk (plaats, Zuid-Holland) 1940 - 1946
Den Haag (stad) 1946 - 1947
Amsterdam (stad) 1947 - 1948
Den Haag (stad) 1948 - 1958
Saint John's (Newfoundland) 1958 - 1978

Teacher at academy/university: Vrije Academie (Den Haag) Hivo-avondtekenschool (Den Haag) Canada: opleiding
Newfoundland Academy of Arts

born in

active in

died in

Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Bleeker, Bernard
Ingenhousz, Bon
Rost, Otto

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: figure

Product: relief, garden statue

Member of

Haagsche Kunstkring
Art Gallery Association of Newfoundland

Literature

Scheen 1969-1970 , vol. 2, p. 34 (as: Melis, Johannes Eduard ('Hans');*)

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External links: The Windmill Archive Collection

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Creation date: 1993-04-29; Last modified date: 2023-03-30

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