Michel de Klerk (24 November 1884,
Amsterdam – 24 November 1923, Amsterdam) was a Dutch
architect. Born to a
Jewish family, he was one of the founding architects of the movement
Amsterdam School (
Expressionist architecture)
Early in his career he worked for other architects, including
Eduard Cuypers. For a while, he also employed the Indonesian-born
Liem Bwan Tjie Liem Bwan Tjie (6 September 1891 – 28 July 1966) was a prominent architect, and a pioneering figure of modern Indonesian architecture. He belonged to the first generation of professionally trained Indonesian architects.
Early life and educati ...
, who would later become his country's pioneering proponent of the Amsterdam School and modern architecture.
Of his many outstanding designs, very few have actually been built. One of his finest completed buildings is '
Het Schip
Het Schip (The Ship) is a building complex in the Spaarndammerbuurt neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The complex in the architectural style of the Amsterdam School was designed by Michel de Klerk in 1919. It originally contained 102 homes ...
' (The Ship) in the Amsterdam district of
Spaarndammerbuurt
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Amsterdam West
Eigen Haard (Own Hearth), working-class Socialist housing, consisting of three groups of buildings:
*(1) Spaarndammerplantsoen, North side (1913–1915)
*(2) Spaarndammerplantsoen, South side (1915–1916)
*(3) '
Het Schip
Het Schip (The Ship) is a building complex in the Spaarndammerbuurt neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The complex in the architectural style of the Amsterdam School was designed by Michel de Klerk in 1919. It originally contained 102 homes ...
', Zaanstraat / Oostzaanstraat / Hembrugstraat (1917–1920)
Luchtfoto Spaarndammerplantsoen - Amsterdam - 20410372 - RCE.jpg, Air view, Eigen Haard (left)
Spaarnbrt.jpg, Situation plan: (3) (1) (2)
M.de Klerk Spaarndammerplantsoen.jpg, (1) Spaarndammer- plantsoen, North side
Woningen - Houses "Eigen Haard" (6828945457).jpg, Original state, 1915
Spaarndammerplantsoen 88-102.JPG
Spaarndammer Plantsoen pic1.JPG
Michel de Klerk Spaarndammerplantsoen II Amsterdam.jpg, (2) Spaarndammer- plantsoen, South side
Woningbouw - Housing Spaarndammerplantsoen (6828946909).jpg, Original state, 1916
Overzicht hoek - Amsterdam - 20320136 - RCE.jpg
Blok spaarndammerplantsoen nr.33.JPG
Amsterdam Spaarndammerplantsoen 0033 001.JPG
Michel de Klerk Spaarndammerplantsoen Amsterdam.jpg, (3) 'Het Schip
Het Schip (The Ship) is a building complex in the Spaarndammerbuurt neighbourhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. The complex in the architectural style of the Amsterdam School was designed by Michel de Klerk in 1919. It originally contained 102 homes ...
', Zaanstraat
Aschool1.jpg, Zaanstraat
Het schip postkantoor ingang 2.jpg, Oostzaanstraat
Sdb3.jpg, Oostzaanstraat
Amsterdamhetschip.jpg, Hembrugstraat
Amsterdam Het Schip 007.JPG
Woningbouw - Housing Spaarndammerplantsoen (6142993705).jpg, Hembrugstraat
Amsterdam Het Schip 005.JPG, Zaanstraat
Amsterdam South
De Dageraad (The Dawn), working-class Socialist housing by Michel de Klerk and
Piet Kramer (1920–1923). The architectural contribution by Michel de Klerk is shown in this article. See also
Piet Kramer.
Pltakbrt.jpg, Situation plan
Thèrése Schwartzeplein Amsterdam.jpg, Thérèse Schwartzeplein (Henriette Ronnerplein)
Amsterdam De Dageraad 016.JPG, Thérèse Schwartzeplein
Amsterdam PL Tak Complex.jpg, Burg. Tellegenstraat, de Klerk (r), Kramer (m)
Amsterdam De Dageraad 010.JPG, Facades with sloping lines by de Klerk
Amsterdam De Dageraad 002.JPG, Entrance
Aschool18.jpg, Vrijheidslaan, middle-class housing (1921–1923)
Wendingen
Buildings, projects and drawings by Michel de Klerk are published in the architecture and art magazine
Wendingen (1918–1932). Three covers of this magazine are designed by de Klerk.
Wendingen1918DeKlerk.jpg, 1918-2, cover
Wendingen1920-3-4deKlerk.jpg, 1920-3/4, cover
Wendingen1921-3deKlerk.jpg, 1921-3, cover (back)
Wendingen1924-9-10p27deKlerk.jpg, 1924-9/10, buildings
Wendingen1924-4-5p31deKlerk.jpg, 1924-4/5, projects
Wendingen1924-2p9deKlerk.jpg, 1924-2, drawings
References
Bibliography
*Suzanne S. Frank, ''Michel de Klerk 1884-1923 - An Architect of the Amsterdam School'', UMI Research Press, Ann Arbor Mich. 1984
*Manfred Bock, Sigrid Johanisse & Vladimir Stissi, ''Michel de Klerk 1884-1923 - Architect and Artist of the Amsterdam School'', NAI Publishers, Rotterdam 1997
*Wim de Wit, ''The Amsterdam School - Dutch Expressionist Architecture 1915-1930'', Rotterdam 1983
*Maristella Casciato, ''The Amsterdam School'', Rotterdam 1996
*Joseph Buch, ''A Century of Architecture in The Netherlands'', NAI Publishers, Rotterdam 1995
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1884 births
1923 deaths
Brick Expressionism
Dutch architects
Dutch Jews
Architects from Amsterdam