Jan van Borssum Buisman

Relief in Vlaardingen

Jan Hendrik van Borssum Buisman (1919, Haarlem – 23 February 2012, Haarlem), was a 20th-century painter from the Netherlands.

Biography

According to the RKD he was the son of Hendrik van Borssum Buisman.^[1] He was born in the Fundatiehuis while his father was curator at the Teylers Museum.^[1] He was a secret agent working on the "Zwitserse weg" during World War II and was decorated with the Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau, the Verzetsherdenkingkruis, and the Croix du combattant volontaire de la Résistance. His brother Garrelt was awarded the Military William Order.^[2] After the war he served as a member of the staff for Prins Bernhard in 1945-1946, and then moved back to Haarlem where he became a member of the Haarlem painters club Kunst zij ons doel, and in 1951, a member of De Groep.^[1] In 1952 he became kastelein at the Teylers Museum, like his father had been.^[3] He lived in the Fundatiehuis until he retired, when he moved to an adjoining house.^[3] He kept his workshop in the former astronomical laboratory in the garden, and in 1972 he became adjunct-curator of the art collection.^[3]

References

1. Jan Hendrik van Borssum Buisman in the RKD
2. website WWII awards
3. Website of the Teylers Museum

• Agent van de Zwitserse weg: Het levensverhaal van Jan van Borssum Buisman, Verzetsmuseum Amsterdam, 2000, by Jan van Borssum Buisman and Marc Couwenberg, ISBN 978-90-5730-125-4