Peter Alma

Peter Alma (18 January 1886 Medan – 23 May 1969 Amsterdam) 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. 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.^[1] Alma was a member of Nederlandsche Vereeniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskunst (V.A.N.K.) the Dutch Association for Craft and Craft Art.^[2] He painted several large murals in and around Amsterdam in the 1930s.^[3]

Peter Alma
Born	(1886-01-18)18 January 1886 Medan, Indonesia
Died	23 May 1969(1969-05-23) (aged 83) Amsterdam
Nationality	Dutch
Occupation	Painter

Mural at Amsterdam Amstel railway station by Peter Alma (1939).

Works

Murals

A 1939 mural celebrating rail transportation covers the interior wall of one Amsterdam Amstel railway station.

A signed, undated mural of six men with machinery and tools stands in the stairwell of Stadhouderskade 68, Amsterdam (currently Hotel Aston City). The figures bear a range of skin tones, from brown to buff, indicating interracial inclusion.

Amsterdam Museum

The Amsterdam Museum keeps a number of his works in their depot:

• Pottenbakker
• Another work
• Another work
• Another work
• Another work
• Another work
• Another work

References

1. Annink, Ed; Bruinsma, Max (2010). Gerd Arntz Graphic Designer. Rotterdam: 010. ISBN 9789064507632.
2. "V.A.N.K. Nederlanse Vereniging voor Ambachts- en Nijverheidskuns". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 15 December 2020.
3. name="Transportation on Peter Alma's murals">den Boer, Arjan. "Transportation on Peter Alma's murals". Retours. Retrieved 9 August 2023.