Peter Alma

Peter Alma (18 January, 1886 Medan – 23 May 1969 Amsterdam) was a Dutch artist. Alma was born in Medan, Indonesia and attended the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague in 1904. On the recommendation of Franz Seiwert he was employed by the Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum working with Gerd Arntz and Augustin Tschinkel on the development of Isotypes. He travelled to Moscow with Arntz and Otto Neurath to work at IZOSTAT to help them draw up pictorial images for statistics of the Five Year Plans.[1] Alma was a member of Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.) the Dutch Association for craft and craft art.[2]

Peter Alma
Born(1886-01-18)January 18, 1886
Medan, Indonesia
DiedMay 23, 1969(1969-05-23) (aged 83)
Amsterdam
NationalityDutch
OccupationPainter
Mural at Amsterdam Amstel railway station by Peter Alma (1939).

Works

Amsterdam Museum

The Amsterdam Museum keeps a number of his works in their depot:

References
  1. Annink, Ed; Bruinsma, Max (2010). Gerd Arntz Graphic Designer. Rotterdam: 010. ISBN 9789064507632.
  2. "V.A.N.K. Nederlanse Vereniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskuns". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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