Mans Meijer

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameHerman Carel "Mans"•Meijer
Used nameMans•Meijer
Born15 September 1916 in Sloten, Noord-Holland (NED)
Died1 December 2011 in Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland (NED)
NOC Netherlands

Biography

Mans Meijer was a sculptor, painter and poster artist in a figurative style, who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Den Haag. Meijer later taught advertising at the Den Haag Academy and at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. In the 1950s he also made a series of ceramic fac bricks. He moved to Belgium with his family around 1970. His father Hendrikus “Henk” (1884-1970) was also an illustrator, lithograph and painter. Mans Meijer competed in 1948 in the Applied Arts section with a Poster for Swimming.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1948 Summer Olympics Art Competitions NED Mans Meijer
Painting, Applied Arts, Open (Olympic) AC