Cornelis (Cees or Kees) Timmer (20 June 1903 – 24 January 1978) was a Dutch artist, who worked as sculptor, graphic artist, monumental artist, wall painter, painter, draftsman, jeweler, and mosaicist.Kees Timmer (1903-1978); male / Netherlandish; sculptor, graphic artist, monumental artist, wall painter, painter, draftsman, jeweler, mosaicist
at rkd.nl, 2015. Born in Zaandam in 1903, Timmer settled in Rotterdam in 1923. He attended evening art classes at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (now Willem de Kooning Academy, where

Herman Mees Hermanus Ellen (Herman) Mees (18 September 1880 in Veendam – 28 November 1964 in Zuidlaren) was a Dutch artist, active as painter, watercolorist, draftsman, pastelist, lithographer, and academy lecturer.

taught painting, and David Bautz drawing. In 1928 he was awarded the Silver Academy Medal (de zilveren Academiemedaille). In the 1920s there was little action in the Rotterdam art world, and artists in the whole of Netherlands were struggling. Timmer focussed on the production of payable art with subjects as monkeys, and the circus. Beside figurative animal painting he also made portrait, and self-portrait. Still his art didn't sell well. Later in his career he made murals for schools and factories, and also constructed concrete and metal sculptures.Cornelis (Kees) Timmer (1903 - 1978)
at studio2000.nl, 2015 Timmer's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale ''

Onze Kunst van Heden Onze Kunst van Heden (Contemporary Artists/Our Art of Today) was an exhibition held in the winter of 1939 through 1940 at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Due to the threat of invasion in the years leading up to World War II, the Netherlands' go ...

'' (Our Art of Today) at the

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the St ...

in Amsterdam. In 1962-63 he lectured head and figure study at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, and in 1966 was awarded the

Hendrik Chabot Prize The Hendrik Chabot Award (Dutch: ''Hendrik Chabot Prijs'') is an annual award for visual artists presented by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, section South Holland. The prize ceremony is in the city hall of Rotterdam, where the prize is given by T ...

. He died in 1978 in Rotterdam. The

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from the two most important collectors of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. It is located at ...

held a major retrospective of his paintings in 1993.Kees Timmer, Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen (1993). ''Kees Timmer: schilderijen.''

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1903 births 1978 deaths Dutch painters Dutch male painters Dutch sculptors Dutch male sculptors Willem de Kooning Academy alumni Academic staff of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague People from Zaanstad {{Netherlands-artist-stub