Rosa Spier Huis
The Rosa Spier Huis is a living and working center for older artists and scientists . It is located in Laren , North Holland and was opened on October 11, 1969 by Marga Klompé , then Minister for Culture, Recreation and Social Work.
history
The idea for a “safe haven for older artists” came from the Dutch harpist Rosa Spier . The aim of the house was to enable older artists to continue devoting themselves to their work with energy. For this purpose, Spier's friend Henriette Polak-Schwarz set up the Rosa Spier Foundation, which eventually built the house.
The apartments in the old house offered space for 73 residents. In addition, there were (and are in the new house) communal facilities such as a library and a theater room. The complex was designed by Goldschmidt & Verbruggen and the garden by landscape architect Wilhelmina Jacoba Moussault-Ruys .
In 2008 it was announced that the municipality of Laren and the Board of Trustees were considering demolishing the house and building 68 new apartments. In a letter, the Bond Heemschut pointed out the great cultural and historical value of the house and garden. Since then, experts and stakeholders have tried to change the minds of the foundation and the community.
The house was not on the list of monuments and was demolished in May 2014.
The new building was inaugurated in winter 2019/2020. In addition to the 70 previous residents, around 50 new residents have moved in.
Well-known former residents
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- Hetty Beck, actress
- Éva Besnyő , photographer
- Paul Biegel , writer
- Kees Brusse, actor
- Julian Coco, guitarist
- Cola Debrot, Antillean writer, poet and politician
- HP Doebele, graphic designer and graphic artist
- Maurits Cornelis Escher , graphic artist
- Clara Eggink, poet and writer
- Eddy van der Enden, film pioneer
- Hein van der Gaag, jazz and boogie woogie pianist and composer
- Enrico Hartsuyker and Luzia Hartsuyker-Curjel, architects
- Heere Heeresma, writer and poet
- Margot Hudig-Heldring, sculptor
- Guus Hermus, actor
- Caroline Card, opera singer
- John Kraaijkamp sr., Actor and comedian
- Harry van Kruiningen, visual artist
- Ton Kuyl, actor
- Jef Last , writer
- Ton Lensink, actor and writer
- Noni Lightfield, draftsman, decorator and costume designer
- Emmy Lopes Dias , actress
- Albert Milhado, journalist
- Theo Mulder, sculptor
- Willem van Nieuwenhoven, painter
- Riek de Raat, painter
- Sybold van Ravesteyn, architect
- Annie Romein-Verschoor , historian and writer
- Joachim Röntgen, violinist
- To Rutgers , writer
- Cobi Schreijer, singer
- Piet Smissaert, painter
- Mathilde Stuiveling-van Vierssen Reise, writer
- Rein Stuurman, graphic artist
- Marten Toonder , draftsman
- Frits Thors , journalist and news anchor
- Erika Visser, painter
- Nelly Wagenaar, pianist and music teacher
- Davina van Wely, violin teacher
- Rick Wesseling, draftsman
- Nicolaas Wijnberg, artist and choreographer
- Adrianus Zwart , painter
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ e-Vision.nl, The Netherlands: Erfgoedvereniging Heemschut | Nieuwe site. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 ; accessed on April 18, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Rosa Spier Huis is looped . ( nos.nl [accessed April 18, 2018]).
- ↑ Newspaper report in Gooi en Eemlander February 24, 2020.
