L. O. Wenckebach
Ludwig Oswald Wenckebach (Heerlen, 16 June 1895 – Noordwijkerhout, 3 November 1962) was a Dutch sculptor, painter, and medallist. He was the son of the anatomist Karel Frederik Wenckebach and nephew and pupil of the graphic designer and painter Willem Wenckebach. He started as a painter, but in 1920 switched to sculpting. He is best known for his many war monuments and designing the coins issued in the Netherlands between 1948 and 1980.
Three acrobats (1966), Gouda
Monsieur Jacques (1956), Rotterdam
Hope & Sorrow, Gortergebouw Leiden
Cornelis Joppenszoon (1961), Leiden
External sources[]
- Oswald Wenckebach at the Netherlands Institute for Art History.
Categories:
- Dutch currency designers
- Dutch medallists
- 1895 births
- 1962 deaths
- Dutch male painters
- Dutch male sculptors
- People from Heerlen
- 20th-century Dutch artists
- 20th-century Dutch sculptors
- 20th-century Dutch painters