wils, dutch, painter, painter, february, 1891, february, 1972, dutch, architect, born, alkmaar, died, voorburg, wils, c1928personal, informationborn, 1891, february, 1891alkmaar, netherlandsdied11, february, 1972, 1972, aged, voorburg, netherlandsmedal, record. For the Dutch painter see Jan Wils painter Jan Wils 22 February 1891 11 February 1972 was a Dutch architect He was born in Alkmaar and died in Voorburg Jan WilsWils c1928Personal informationBorn 1891 02 22 22 February 1891Alkmaar NetherlandsDied11 February 1972 1972 02 11 aged 80 Voorburg NetherlandsMedal record Art competitionsRepresenting NetherlandsOlympic Games1928 Amsterdam Architectural designWills joined Johan Mutters s office in The Hague in 1914 but left two years later to start his own firm 1 Wils was one of the founding members of the De Stijl movement which also included artists as Piet Mondrian Theo van Doesburg and Gerrit Rietveld Among other works Wils designed the Olympic Stadium for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam His design was also entered in the Olympic art competition and won the gold medal 2 he also designed the Papaverhof housing complex now a Rijksmonument Dutch national heritage site References edit Sjaak Priester Architect Jan Wils Eenvoudig en strak 1 Ons Amsterdam 1 January 2008 Accessed 2 April 2023 Jan Wils Olympedia Retrieved 22 July 2020 External links edit nbsp Media related to Jan Wils at Wikimedia Commons Short biography nbsp This article about a Dutch architect is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jan Wils amp oldid 1147881944, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
