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Henri Pieck (1895–1972)

Autor(a) de Buchenwald

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Includes the name: H. Pieck

Obras de Henri Pieck

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Rob en de stroper van Tjot-Idi (1928) — Ilustrador, algumas edições13 cópias

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome padrão
Pieck, Henri
Nome de batismo
Pieck, Henri Christiaan
Data de nascimento
1895-04-19
Data de falecimento
1972-01-12
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Nederland
Local de nascimento
Den Helder, Netherlands
Local de falecimento
The Hague, Netherlands
Locais de residência
The Hague, Netherlands
Educação
Bik en Vaandrager Institute
Amsterdam Academy of Visual Arts
Ocupação
architect
painter
graphic artist
intelligence agent
interior designer
resistance member (mostrar todas 7)
book illustrator
Relacionamentos
Pieck, Anton (tweelingbroer)
Pequena biografia
Henri Pieck was born to a working-class family in Den Helder, The Netherlands, with a twin brother, Anton Pieck, who also became an artist. The brothers began drawing lessons at age six. That year, the family moved to The Hague. Henri and Anton both studied at the Bik en Vaandrager Institute and Henri went on to the Amsterdam Academy of Visual Arts. In 1914, he joined the Communist Party. He became a painter, graphic artist, and illustrator. His works included portraits of dancers and of working-class life; book illustrations, book jacket designs, and advertising and political posters. From 1930, he spent periods living in Geneva, London, and Paris. Officially, he was working as a courier for the Dutch Foreign Ministry, but in fact he and his second wife Bernharda Pieck-van Lier were spying for Soviet intelligence. During Nazi Germany's occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, he worked with the Communist underground and helped produce the clandestine journal De Vonk (The Spark). After being arrested by the Nazis in 1941, Pieck spent time in the Scheveningen prison and the Amersfoort transit camp before being deported in 1942 to the concentration camp at Buchenwald. Here he carried out commissions for paintings and drawings for the Nazi guards, which helped to ensure his survival. He belonged to the Dutch section of the International Camp Committee, which protected him and provided materials so that he could secretly record conditions in the camp. After the camp was liberated by U.S. troops in April 1945, Pieck returned to the Netherlands. In 1946-1946, he published Buchenwald, a portfolio of the drawings he had made in the camp, and another, Verwoest Nederland (The Destroyed Netherlands), with drawings of war damage in the Netherlands that he had made both before and after his time in the camp. He continued to work as a commercial artist, interior designer, and designer of exhibition buildings.

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