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Hermann Johannes Leonhard Theodor 'Herman' Stammeshaus (Tjalang Dutch East Indies 1918 - Amsterdam 1991) was a Dutch painter and graphic artist. He was also a connoisseur of (Surinamese) butterflies.
He worked in the Netherlands, Indonesia, Scotland, and from 1943 in Amsterdam. He was a student at the Kunstnijverijheidsschool in Amsterdam (1953) under the direction of AM Sok.
His subjects were landscapes, animals and people. His art direction is expressionist.
Stammeshaus' oeuvre consists of very diverse techniques: woodcuts, linocuts, cardboard prints, drawings, Chinese characters and paintings.
The usually self-absorbed artist did not like to talk about his own work. "What hangs on the wall, that's me," he told art critic Wim Zaal in his studio. "The simpler, the better", was his maxim. His graphic work - mainly in black and white - shows a powerful, but also unruly visual language. (source: Corien van Eyck van Heslinga).
Herman Stammeshaus was a member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists and of 'De Brug' in Amsterdam.