Adrianus Remiens

Adrianus ("Adrian" or "Janus") Remiens ( Amsterdam , January 8 1890 - there, September 8 1972) was a Dutch artist. His paintings, drawings and sculptures known.

Remiens received his education at the Art School for Applied Arts in Amsterdam and was influenced by his teacher Joseph Mendes da Costa . Remiens worked for some time for Art Pottery Regina to Gouda . He worked mainly from Amsterdam, Schoorl , Blaricum , Laren (Noord-Holland) and again in Amsterdam. From 1919 to 1948 he was married to Jetske Dionysia Gangel.

The works of Adrian Remiens were in the 20s of the 20th century popular in Amsterdam. He has made ​​several façade ornaments including two eagles, and another wall ornament in the shape of an eagle. He was engaged to decorate overpasses for the benefit of the Ring Railway, which would be built in the 30's, but which was only completed in the 80's. The images for the crossovers are therefore placed in the Nieuwe Hoogstraat .

AM de Jong has written a number of essays in 1929 on the work of Remiens with pictures of some of his works.