Hendrik Wouda (

Leeuwarden Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of the ...

10 May 1885 –

Wassenaar Wassenaar (; population: in ) is a municipality and town located in the province of South Holland, on the western coast of the Netherlands. An affluent suburb of The Hague, Wassenaar lies north of that city on the N44/A44 highway near the Nort ...

25 October 1946.)

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architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

and

furniture designer This is a list of notable people whose primary occupation is furniture design. A * Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) * Eero Aarnio (born 1932) * Robert Adam (1728-1792) * Thomas Affleck (1745-1795) * Franco Albini (1905-1977) * Davis Allen (1916-1999) * ...

. He designed furniture, lighting and interiors for homes, offices, ships and exhibitions. His work is characterized by a strongly marked simplicity, a cubic joining together of volumes, well-balanced spatial effects and a practical division of the floor-plan. He also practiced independently as an architect. In his designs, such as that for the Villa De Luifel (1924) in

and the Villa

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or Slingerduin (1929) in

Velsen Velsen () is a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. It is located on both sides of the North Sea Canal. On the north side of the North Sea Canal there is a major steel plant, Tata Steel IJmuiden, formerly known a ...

, Wouda showed himself to be influenced by

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

. The interior of the Villa Kessler reflects a monumental, subdued atmosphere in its use of color. RM46626 Den Haag - Alexander Gogelweg 20.jpg, Gogelweg 20, The Hague Exterieur - 's-Gravenhage - 20088056 - RCE.jpg, Gogelweg 20, The Hague Villa - Villa (4440355401).jpg, Villa De Luifel, Wassenaar Interieur eetkamer - Dining Room Interior (5260603474).jpg, Villa De Luifel, Wassenaar After being educated in

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and

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and briefly working in Amsterdam, Wouda went on tour in Germany and Austria in 1912. In Munich, he was influenced by

Eduard Pfeiffer Eduard Gotthilf (von) Pfeiffer (24 November 1835 – 13 May 1921) was a German banker, social reformer, and pioneer of the co-operative movement. Life Earl years Born in 1835, Eduard Pfeiffer was the thirteenth recorded child of Marx Pfeiffer, a ...

, before returning to the Netherlands when World War I broke out. In 1916, Wouda established himself as an architect in The Hague and one year later he was employed at the furniture firm of H. Pander & Zonen. He received the freedom to develop his own monumental style, clearly inspired by Wright but also influenced by his sojourn in Germany. In 1918-1919 he worked with

Jan Wils Jan Wils (22 February 1891 – 11 February 1972) was a Dutch architect. He was born in Alkmaar and died in Voorburg. Wils was one of the founding members of the De Stijl movement, which also included artists as Piet Mondrian, Theo van Doesburg ...

(Alkmaar). His first well-known commission was for the interiors of the Villa Sevensteyn (1920–21) built by W.M. Dudok in Zorgvliet Park, The Hague. The graphic geometric character that characterizes his entire oeuvre is demonstrated strongly in his typographic design, such as the lettering of his own villa “The Appelhof” in Wassenaar (1930). ChairPander1924.jpg, Chair
(

Pander & Son Pander & Son was a Dutch aircraft company based in The Hague, founded by Harmen Pander and his son Henk Pander. History Harmen Pander was the managing director of a furniture company which in 1924 bought the assets of the bankrupt ''Vliegtuig Ind ...

, 1924) TablePander1924.jpg, Table (1924) Wendingen1928Wouda.jpg, Cover for magazine ''

Wendingen ''Wendingen'' (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Inversion'' or ''Upheaval'', literally ''turns'') was an architecture and art magazine that appeared from 1918 to 1932. It was a monthly publication aimed at architects and interior designers. The bo ...

'' 1928

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Recent auction of Wouda furniture

Photograph of Villa De Luifel

Photographs of Villa Kessler (Slingerduin) (in Dutch)

Location and information on Villa Kessler (Slingerduin) (in Dutch), via Dutch Architectural Institute
1885 births 1946 deaths 20th-century Dutch architects People from Leeuwarden 20th-century Dutch businesspeople Dutch furniture designers {{Netherlands-business-bio-stub