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Description Jan Visser was born in 1879 in Alkmaar and died in 1961 in Haarlem.
He lived and worked in Haarlem until 1903, Amsterdam until 1927; then back in Haarlem. Student at the School of Applied Arts there (1891-1893), lessons from EA von Saher. He was initially an engraver and lithographer, but around 1908 he also started painting and drawing. Painted, watercoloured, etched, drew and lithographed landscapes, portraits, also figures (lady in the tram), cityscapes and seascapes and flowers. Visser was an illustrator for daily and weekly newspapers. Director of the Free Haarlem School of Painting. Was a member of 'St. Lucas', 'De Onafhankelijken', 'Kunst zij ons Doel', 'Arti et Amicitiae' and one of the founders of 'De Brug' (in 1926). Taught M. Bloemendaal, HR Mulder, S. de Vries, H. Wegener.