Arnold Pijpers - St. Lunaire

The Vieille Église de Saint-Lunaire is a historic Romanesque church from the 11th century, located on the Place du Pilori in Saint-Lunaire. It is one of the oldest surviving churches in Brittany.

Arnold Pijpers (Bussum, 1900-1951) Arnoldus Hendrikus Maria Pijpers, son of Arnoldus Hendrikus Pijpers and Dederika Neuhuys (daughter of the then well-known painter Albert Neuhuys).

Lived and worked in his hometown. (temporarily in Zandvoort and Haarlem from 1924 to 1926, among others, Tyrol 1934). Pupil of the Quellinus School in Amsterdam.

He painted and drew (gouaches) landscapes, flowers, figures, and portraits. He also produced woodcuts and lithographs and was known as a designer of sets and costumes. Furthermore, he was a church painter, illustrator, and graphic artist.

1952 Commemorative exhibition Museum of New Religious Art in Utrecht. Some clients: De Bonnetrie and Bas van Pelt, The Hague; Amsterdam Theatre Company; NV Electrischeapparaten Hazemeijer, Hengelo. Monumental work: St. Vitus Church in Bussum; Hospital in Sluiskil (wall paintings); Church in Giesbeek (tapestries). Book illustrations for, among others: Leo Rikmenspoel, Bertus Aafjes, A. van der Boom, Ambrose Bierce, Henri de Greeve, John Donne, Gabriël Smit. Personal contacts with, among others: Prof. Dr. Jan JM Timmers (curator Archbishopric Museum Utrecht), F. Winters (physician/artist), Jan Sleper (draughtsman/painter), Gabriël Smit (poet), Jozef Cantré (artist), Louis Beumer (KAB), Godfried Bomans (writer).