Albert Houthuesen
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Albert Houthuesen, (3rd October 1903 in Amsterdam - 20th October 1970 in London) British artist.
Albert Houthuesen was born in Amsterdam but came to London in 1912, following the tragic death of his father. During the 1920s, he studied at the Royal College of Art with Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth and Edward Burra. His work was influenced by a range of artists, perhaps most significantly Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, John Constable, Joseph Mallord William Turner and Vincent Van Gogh.
He worked in virtual isolation for sixty years, producing an extraordinarily varied body of work. His pictures include still-lives, landscapes, seascapes, portraits, clowns, biblical, mythical and allegorical scenes.
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.
[edit] Sources
John Rothenstein ‘British Art Since 1900’, 1962.
John Rothenstein ‘Albert Houthuesen: An Appreciation’ 1969.
John Rothenstein ‘Modern English Painters’ vol 111, 1974.
Richard Nathanson ‘Walk To The Moon – The Story of Albert Houthuesen’ 1990.
David Buckman ‘Artists In Britain Since 1945’, 2006.
