Gerriet Postma, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Gerriet Postma

Dutch painter

Date of Birth: 30-Oct-1932

Place of Birth: Twijzelerheide, Friesland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 27-Feb-2009

Profession: painter

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Gerriet Postma

  • Gerriet Postma (30 October 1932 – 27 February 2009) was a Dutch painter.Postma was born in Twijzelerheide, Friesland, the Netherlands.
  • He was a vehement man who painted bold paintings, with explosions of paint and abstract knots of color, with a distant figurative strain running through it. His last large-scale work comprised four panels, painted on the four main sails of the traditional and historic cargo barge "Klipper Anna".
  • The painting is two-sided and is about 270 m2 in area.
  • The 106-year-old ship was provided by its owners, Gijs en Inge van Hesteren from Harlingen, Friesland, the Netherlands.
  • All summer long in 2004, the painting could be seen everywhere around the Dutch Wadden Sea. By 2009 Postma had become the best-known Frisian painter.
  • His work is on display in galleries of Paris, Brussels and Barcelona. Postma died in Groningen on 27 February 2009.

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