Abraham Salm GBzn

Abraham Salm GBzn

Abraham Salm (1857 – 1915), was a Dutch architect.

For the 19th-century painter, see Ab Salm.

Biography

Amsterdam Herengracht 380-382, today the headquarters of the NIOD (library and center for war documentation). The building was designed and signed by Abraham Salm. On the right his signature: A. Salm GBzn Architect

He was born in Amsterdam as the son of the architect Gerlof Salm, whom he assisted.^[1] Together they visited the Exposition Universelle (1878) in Paris, and afterwards in 1880 he returned to Amsterdam where he became his father's partner. From 1898 to 1912 he was founding chairman of the Amsterdam architectural society Maatschappij tot Bevordering der Bouwkunst.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 96175427 LCCN: n98014794 ISNI: 0000 0001 1690 6542 GND: 120176432 SUDOC: 103938737 BNF: cb15707228p (data) BPN: 33638866 ULAN: 500070811 RKD: 284516

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References

↑ Abraham Salm in the RKD

Abraham Salm GBzn on website of the Netherlands Architecture Institute

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