Joannes (Joan) Petrus Anthonius Maria Bakker (Oosterblokker, 1919 - 1999) attended the Academy of Visual Arts in Rotterdam, after which he settled permanently in Rotterdam. He was, among others, a student of Herman Mees (1880 - 1964) and the husband of sculptor and ceramist Riet (Maria) Elias. He made it together with Jan Poot (architect at the Municipality of Rotterdam) Liberation Monument at the Brink in Vreewijk, Feijenoord. On an office building on the Botersloot, he designed ornaments with great visual power and clear stonemasonry qualities. He was proficient with the hardest types of stone, in which he applied reliefs paying attention to the role of light falling on the different types of stone. Several works by Joan Bakker can be found in Rotterdam. Read here an article about the artist.
