Willem Hussem
I have worked a whole life on making my work as simple as possible. I have to conquer that simplicity over and over again.
Willem Hussem via De Volkskrant, 16 april 1992
Willem Hussem (1900-1974, The Netherlands) continually experimented and produced highly diverse works of art, including painting, drawing and sculpture. He also devoted himself to writing poetry. A constant aspiration towards simplicity and purity underlies his entire oeuvre. This aspiration is closely connected with his need for clear systems of thought. It was in Hegel’s philosophy and Zen Bhuddism that he found the intellectual basis for the universalistic outlook on the world that would determine his thought and work.
