Michel de Klerk
Michel de Klerk (24 November 1884, Amsterdam – 24 November 1923, Amsterdam) was a Dutch architect. Born to a Jewish family,[1] he was one of the founding architects of the movement Amsterdam School (Expressionist architecture)
Early in his career he worked for other architects, including Eduard Cuypers. For a while, he also employed the Indonesian-born Liem Bwan Tjie, who would later become his country's pioneering proponent of the Amsterdam School and modern architecture.[2]
Of his many outstanding designs, very few have actually been built. One of his finest completed buildings is 'Het Schip' (The Ship) in the Amsterdam district of Spaarndammerbuurt.
Amsterdam West
[edit]Eigen Haard (Own Hearth), working-class Socialist housing, consisting of three groups of buildings:
- (1) Spaarndammerplantsoen, North side (1913–1915)
- (2) Spaarndammerplantsoen, South side (1915–1916)
- (3) 'Het Schip', Zaanstraat / Oostzaanstraat / Hembrugstraat (1917–1920)
- Air view, Eigen Haard (left)
- Situation plan: (3) (1) (2)
- (1) Spaarndammer- plantsoen, North side
- Original state, 1915
- (2) Spaarndammer- plantsoen, South side
- Original state, 1916
- (3) 'Het Schip', Zaanstraat
- Zaanstraat
- Oostzaanstraat
- Oostzaanstraat
- Hembrugstraat
- Hembrugstraat
- Zaanstraat
Amsterdam South
[edit]De Dageraad (The Dawn), working-class Socialist housing by Michel de Klerk and Piet Kramer (1920–1923). The architectural contribution by Michel de Klerk is shown in this article. See also Piet Kramer.
- Situation plan
- Thérèse Schwartzeplein (Henriette Ronnerplein)
- Thérèse Schwartzeplein
- Burg. Tellegenstraat, de Klerk (r), Kramer (m)
- Facades with sloping lines by de Klerk
- Entrance
- Vrijheidslaan, middle-class housing (1921–1923)
Wendingen
[edit]Buildings, projects and drawings by Michel de Klerk are published in the architecture and art magazine Wendingen (1918–1932). Three covers of this magazine are designed by de Klerk.
- 1918-2, cover
- 1920-3/4, cover
- 1921-3, cover (back)
- 1924-9/10, buildings
- 1924-4/5, projects
- 1924-2, drawings
References
[edit]- ^ Jewish Currents: "A Golden Age of Jewish Architects" by Abbott Gorin[permanent dead link] Spring 2015
- ^ Suryadinata, Leo (2012). Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume I & II. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 573–574. ISBN 978-9814345217.
Bibliography
[edit]- Suzanne S. Frank, Michel de Klerk 1884-1923 - An Architect of the Amsterdam School, UMI Research Press, Ann Arbor Mich. 1984
- Manfred Bock, Sigrid Johanisse & Vladimir Stissi, Michel de Klerk 1884-1923 - Architect and Artist of the Amsterdam School, NAI Publishers, Rotterdam 1997
- Wim de Wit, The Amsterdam School - Dutch Expressionist Architecture 1915-1930, Rotterdam 1983
- Maristella Casciato, The Amsterdam School, Rotterdam 1996
- Joseph Buch, A Century of Architecture in The Netherlands, NAI Publishers, Rotterdam 1995