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Biography 
3.5.1928
Born in Papendrecht, ZH (NL)
Carel Visser is a sculptor with an adventurous spirit. Over a period of more than 50 years he has produced sculptures, relieves, drawings, collages and woodcuts of an astonishing diversity both in terms of form and material. Visser made his name in the 1950’s with welded iron sculptures: starting with subtle animal figures, later moving on to robust compositions using geometrical forms. In the 1960’s and 70's he began to work with other materials: first thin sheet iron and leather and later with materials taken from nature and objets trouvés.
Yet, despite all its diversity, his work in the period 1914-1916 also reveals certain constant characteristics: a strong affinity with nature and an attention to fundamental sculptural problems, which find expression in the careful way he creates the links between the individual parts of each sculpture, and between the sculpture and the ground.
This makes him a worthy heir to classic masters of 20th century sculpture such as Brancusi and Giacometti, of whom he is a great admirer. Visser’s work has been exhibited on many occasions both in the Netherlands and abroad and is included in the collections of a number of major museums. He belongs to a select group among the most important European sculptors of the post-war period.
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Public exhibitions 12
until 25.5.
The Whispering Signature - X
Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem - MMKA, Arnhem 
Group shows 11
2007
Longing for the garden - sculptures from storage
Kröller-Müller museum, Otterlo
Collectie depot VBVR: Peter Struycken
Rijksmuseum Twenthe - Museum voor oude en moderne kunst, Enschede
Contour / Continuïteit, Heden en Verleden
Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft
2006
Jan Eijkelboom
Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht
2005
Keuze uit de collecties
SM's -Stedelijk Museum, 's-Hertogenbosch
De Paleistuin / The Palace Garden
Den Haag Sculptuur, Den Haag
Leporello, Een reis door de collectie
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
old & new - early and recent works - group exhibition
 Art Affairs Gallery, Amsterdam
2004
Animals on paper
Kröller-Müller museum, Otterlo
Eigen Collectie
Groninger Museum, Groningen
2003
Van Brueghel tot Picasso
Rijksmuseum Twenthe - Museum voor oude en moderne kunst, Enschede
Dealer Directory 5
Netherlands
Art Affairs Gallery, Amsterdam
Steendrukkerij Amsterdam B.V., Amsterdam
Galerie Nouvelles Images, Den Haag
 Paol & Co. Fine Art, Maastricht
Galerie Wansink, Maastricht
Public collections 11
France
FRAC - Bretagne, Châteaugiron
FRAC - Limousin, Limoges
Germany
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
Japan
NMWA The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
CODA Museum, Apeldoorn
Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht
Rijksmuseum Twenthe - Museum voor oude en moderne kunst, Enschede
Groninger Museum, Groningen
Kröller-Müller museum, Otterlo
United Kingdom
Tate Britain, London (England)
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