Peter Alma
Dutch lithographer, mural painter, designer, graphic designer, woodcarver (printmaker), mosaic worker, etcher, painter, monumental artist (1886-1969) · Netherlands · On the map · Artists · Died at 83
Peter Alma was a Dutch artist. Alma was born in Medan, Indonesia, and attended the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, in 1904. On the recommendation of Franz Seiwert, he was employed by the Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum, working with Gerd Arntz and Augustin Tschinkel on developing isotypes.
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He travelled to Moscow with Arntz and Otto Neurath to work at IZOSTAT to help them draw up pictorial images for statistics of the Five Year Plans. Alma was a member of Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.) the Dutch Association for Craft and Craft Art. He painted several large murals in and around Amsterdam in the 1930s.
