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Alex Asperslagh


Alexander Petrus "Alex" Asperslagh was a Dutch painter, glazier and ceramist. Asperslagh (officially: Asperslag) was born in The Hague, the son of tailor Wilhelmus Johannes Asperslag and Maria Hermina van der Horst. He was a brother of artists Lou Asperslagh (1893-1949) and Henk Asperslagh (1906-1964). Asperslagh studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in The Hague. He worked at the Lensier Toon Berg in Dordrecht. His brother Lou opened his own studio in 1923, the 'studio of arts industry' or St. Silvester in The Hague, for which Alex and Henk also worked. Asperslagh came from Catholics and did a lot of work for churches. He died at the
age of 83. A collection of watercolours and design drawings is located in the Catholic Documentation Centre in Nijmegen

Important Works
    Glass-in-lead windows (1924) for a house on the Zoeterwoudsesingel 7 in Leiden
    Glass-in-lead windows (1928) for the St. Gabriel in Haastrecht.
    Mosaic (1929) by Gerardus Majella in Onderdijk (Gerardus Majellakerk)
    Glass stained-glass windows (1930) chapel at the R.K. cemetery Graaf Florisweg, Gouda
    Glass stained-glass windows (1931) for the baptist of the Peace Church in Amsterdam.
    Mural (1931) for the St. Joseph Church.

 

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Alex Asperslagh

Design for Glass-in-Lead windows, Watercolor, highlights in gold, signed and dated (1931) on cardboard, 43.5 x 33.7cm

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