Sjoerd Visser, Streetscene of the Albert Cuypstraat, 1950s, Watercolor

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The Albert Cuip market street is the best known market in Amsterdam as it is there since ages, every day … more The Albert Cuip market street is the best known market in Amsterdam as it is there since ages, every day of the week. It is easy to see the scene Visser laid down on paper. Quick and with big brushes of water colour. The vivid street and the colors are in balans with reality.Sjoerd Visser (Amsterdam 1900 - Assen 1972) was a self-taught colourful painter, sculptor, etcher, watercolourist and draftsman of street scenes, interiors, cityscapes, animal and figure representations. Visser was born in Amsterdam and died at the age of 72 in Assen. He was a member of the artists' association De Stuwing. less