Liesbeth Messer-Heijbroek

Liesbeth Messer-Heijbroek (Amsterdam, 25 April 1914 – Breda, 6 November 2007) was a Dutch sculptor and medal maker.

Born Liesbeth Heijbroek, she studied in the city of her birth at the Rijksakademie (National academy) under both and . In 1940 she married an architect called Willem Messer and the couple settled in Zeeland, in the south-west of the country. The war memorial (1948) in the main cemetery at Domburg was a project shared between the two of them.

Works on public display

Domburg

• 'Knielende vrouw' (kneeling woman), monument Second World War (1948), Algemene begraafplaats

Middelburg

• twee beeldengroepen (Two men : two women) (1956), Langevielebrug
• drie sporters (1960), bronzen gevelreliëf aan de Bachensteene (voormalige gymzaal)

Oostburg

• Monument: Second World War (1951), in the public cemetery in the old town
• Eenhoorn (Unicorn) (1952), Eenhoornplantsoen (Unicorn Square)

Sources

External links