Jan Hendrik van Borssum Buisman (1919,

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– 23 February 2012,

), was a 20th-century painter from the Netherlands.

Biography

According to the RKD he was the son of

Hendrik van Borssum Buisman Hendrik van Borssum Buisman (1873, Wieringen – 1951, Haarlem), was a 20th-century painter from the Northern Netherlands who became the keeper of the print room or art cabinet at Teylers Museum in 1913. Biography According to the RKD he was ...

.Jan Hendrik van Borssum Buisman
in the

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He was born in the Fundatiehuis while his father was curator at the

Teylers Museum Teylers Museum () is an art, natural history, and science museum in Haarlem, Netherlands. Established in 1778, Teylers Museum was founded as a centre for contemporary art and science. The historic centre of the museum is the neoclassical Oval R ...

. He was a secret agent working on the "Zwitserse weg" during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

and was decorated with the Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau, the Verzetsherdenkingkruis, and the

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. His brother Garrelt was awarded the

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WWII awards After the war he served as a member of the staff for Prins Bernhard in 1945-1946, and then moved back to Haarlem where he became a member of the Haarlem painters club

Kunst zij ons doel Kunst zij ons doel, or KZOD, (English: ''Art be our aim'') is the name of an artists club in the Waag, Haarlem. History The Society was founded in 1821 as the continuation of the ' Haarlemse Teekenacademie', established in 1772 by Cornelis van ...

, and in 1951, a member of De Groep. In 1952 he became kastelein at the Teylers Museum, like his father had been.Website
of the Teylers Museum He lived in the Fundatiehuis until he retired, when he moved to an adjoining house. He kept his workshop in the former astronomical laboratory in the garden, and in 1972 he became adjunct-curator of the art collection.

References

* Agent van de Zwitserse weg: Het levensverhaal van Jan van Borssum Buisman, Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam, 2000, by Jan van Borssum Buisman and Marc Couwenberg, {{DEFAULTSORT:Borssum Buisman, Jan Hendrik van 1919 births 2012 deaths Dutch painters Dutch male painters Artists from Haarlem Dutch sculptors Dutch male sculptors