Description
Loman was born in 1918 in the Frisian city of Bolsward. He grew up in Gorredijk. At the insistence of his father, he studied geodesy in Delft, although he himself would have preferred to study visual arts in Amsterdam. After his education, Loman went to work at the land registry. After the Second World War, he went to the then Dutch East Indies as a war volunteer, where he met his wife. After the capitulation of Japan, he resumed his work as a geodesist and worked in that capacity in the East Indies for several years. He returned to the Netherlands in 1949, where he went back to work at the land registry, eventually as chief engineer. In addition, he remained true to his first love and also developed as a visual artist. He was a sculptor, graphic artist and painter. He worked in Indonesia, Haren in Groningen, Arnhem and Beetsterzwaag, among other places. He joined the Groningen artists’ group Nu, of which he was also chairman for a while. The stylized emblem of the Waddenvereniging is his work. He also designed the logos of various other environmental organizations. In 1999, he donated a statue to his hometown of Beetsterzwaag, which was placed in front of the former building of the local court there. In addition to being a visual artist, Loman was also a poet. He preferred to write haikus. In various places in the Northern Netherlands, haikus by his hand have been set in stone. His visual art and poetry are characterized by a strict order. Loman had a preference for Schiermonnikoog and for the Norwegian fjord coast. He painted a four-part painting entitled Schiermonnikoog. In April 2004, the former Minister of Transport and Water Management, Henk Zeevalking, unveiled a haiku written by Loman, which was placed at the lighthouse of Schiermonnikoog:[1] in its own way the coastal light divides the night as long as it stands out. Haikus by him in Norwegian and Dutch can also be found on a granite stone at the beacon in the Kobbeduinen. A similar stone can be seen in the Norwegian Nesvag, which is located on the same longitude as Schiermonnikoog. The stone in Nesvag also contains both haikus, but in Dutch and Norwegian, so that each haiku has a Norwegian and a Dutch version.[2] Loman died in November 2006 in his hometown of Beetsterzwaag at the age of 88. Bibliography.
This etching is a rare early work by Loman, influenced by Zero and Informal art. In very good condition, framed, 56×47/38×30, signed and dated Loman 60, number 3 out of 4
