ALBERT HOUTHUESEN
1903 - 1979
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Click on headings below to see Houthuesen's development over 60 years.
BBC Documentary on the Artist's Life
Albert Houthuesen was born in Amsterdam but came to London in 1912, following the tragic death of his father. During the 1920's, he studied at the Royal College of Art with Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Edward Burra. His work was influenced by Dutch art, Rembrandt, Constable, Turner and Van Gogh.
For sixty years, he worked in virtual isolation, producing a body of work unique in its range of subject, beauty and power - and the unifying, highly personal vision it expresses. A selection of his still-lives, landscapes, seascapes, portraits, clowns, biblical and allegorical scenes can be viewed on this site.
His work is held in major collections including: The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; The British Museum, London; City Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; City Art Gallery, Leeds; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery; Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon; The Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent; Tate Britain, London; The Theatre Museum, London; Ulster Museum, Belfast; and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
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