Benno Premsela (Amsterdam, 4 May 1920 – Amsterdam, 27 March 1997) was a Dutch
designer,
visual artist and
art collector. As designer he was active as textile artist, industrial designer and interior designer.
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Biography
Premsela was born and raised in Amsterdam. He was the son of Benedictus Premsela, general practitioner and sexologist, en Rosalie de Boers.
[E. Broeksma-van Capelle]
Premsela, Benno (1920-1997)
, in ''Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland''. Last updated 12-11-2013. After his secondary education he attended the Nieuwe Kunstschool (New Art School) from 1937 to 1940.
Premsela was Jewish and one of the only members of his family to survive
the Holocaust in the Netherlands.
From 1956 to 1973 he was head of display window decoration at
De Bijenkorf. He joined the Amsterdam Council for the Arts, which he chaired from 1961 to 1970. In 1972 he became chairman of the board of directors of the
Gerrit Rietveld Academie
The Gerrit Rietveld Academie, also known as Rietveld School of Art & Design and Rietveld Academy, is an art academy in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The academy was founded in 1924 and offers programs in fine arts and design.
History
In 1924, th ...
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Premsela was also chairman of the
COC Nederland and made an important contribution to the acceptance of homosexuality in the Netherlands.
The
Benno Premsela Prize The Benno Premsela Prize is a former Dutch design prize, awarded every two years from 2000 to 2012 by the Mondriaan Fonds to a person who has played a stimulating role in the field of visual arts, design or architecture. The prize is named after de ...
initiated in 2000 was named after Premsela. in 2002 a new national institute for design was named after him as well, the
Premsela Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion
The Premsela Dutch Platform for Design and Fashion was a Dutch institute for the promotion of design and fashion in the Netherlands from 2002 to 2013.Mienke Simon Thomas. ''Goed in vorm: honderd jaar ontwerpen in Nederland,'' 2008. p. 7.
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Further reading
* Erik Beenker. ''Benno Premsela,'' 1985.
* Keso Dekker. ''Benno Premsela onder anderen: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.'' 1981.
* Bert Boelaars. ''Benno Premsela, 1920-1997: voorvechter van homo-emancipatie.'' 2008.
References
External links
PREMSELA, Benno (1920-1997)at knaw.nl.
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1920 births
1997 deaths
Dutch designers
Dutch LGBT rights activists
LGBT Jews