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Peter van der Meer, The Hague 1939-1999.
Bronze statue of a woman, circa 1965, marked PvdM.
Height 18 cm, diameter 7 cm.
Peter van der Meer was a Dutch sculptor and industrial designer. Van der Meer studied sculpture until 1963 with Dirk Bus and Henri van Haaren at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. He studied marble processing at the Accademia di Belle Art di Carrara in the Italian city of Carrara.
Artist Peter van der Meer was called 'a picture kneader'. With thick slabs of clay he formed his female figures and animal figures.
He formed his female figures and animal figures using thick sheets of clay.
Also typical are his acrobatically moving children. His sculptures often have a humorous side. Because of this Van der Meer had many exhibitions and assignments at a young age. Popular were his sculptures for public spaces such as "Kangaroo chair" Maurice Ravelweg in The Hague, 'Girl on a skippy ball' placed on the Heeswijkplein and 'Girl with bicycle' on the Spakenburgstraat in The Hague.