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Robert Douwma

Also known as: Robert Douwma; primary name: Douwma, Robert; other name: Robert Douwma Ltd
Details: individual; dealer/auction house; British; Male
Life dates: -2006/7
Biography: Dealer in prints and maps. b. in Holland and trained as an artist. Entered print world as a colourist. Brought to London by Ben Weinreb to take place of Paul Breman. Weinreb & Douwma was on the corner of Great Russell Street and Bloomsbury Way during the 1970s and 1980s. Douwma then set up on his own in Henrietta Street Covent Garden, where he expanded his range into French caricature and prints by S.W.Hayter and his associates. He masterminded the acquisition by the BM of Hayter's archive in 1988/9. When his shop closed in the early 1990s, he went into semi-retirement. Died of cancer.

447 related objects

print

Title: Guerriers Warriors |
Museum number: 1989,0617.75 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1953

print

Title: Guerriers Warriors |
Museum number: 1989,0617.73 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1953

print

Title: Guerriers Warriors |
Museum number: 1989,0617.74 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1953

print

Title: Falling figure |
Museum number: 1988,0409.143 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1947

print

Title: Feu sous l'eau Fire under the water |
Museum number: 1989,0617.106 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1955

print

Title: La raie |
Museum number: 1989,0617.218 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1958

print

Title: Combat sousmarin Underwater Battle |
Museum number: 1989,0617.174 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1957

print

Museum number: 1988,0409.135 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1947

print

Title: Amazon |
Museum number: 1988,0409.108 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1945

print

Title: Mérou |
Museum number: 1989,0617.204 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1958

print

Title: Octopud |
Museum number: 1988,0409.174 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1949

print

Title: Méduse |
Museum number: 1989,0617.214 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1958

print

Title: Black angel Ange noir |
Museum number: 1988,0409.177 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1950

print; greeting-card

Title: Greeting card for 1946-7 |
Museum number: 1988,0409.131 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1946

print

Title: Night and day Day and Night |
Museum number: 1989,0617.65 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1952

print

Title: Cérès |
Museum number: 1988,0409.160 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1947

print

Title: Night La nuit |
Museum number: 1989,0617.242 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1960

print

Title: Combat sousmarin Underwater Battle |
Museum number: 1989,0617.180 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1957

print

Title: Valerie's dog |
Museum number: 1988,0409.74 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1942

print

Title: Debris |
Museum number: 1988,0409.69 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1941

print

Title: Danse du soleil Danseuse du soleil |
Museum number: 1989,0617.38 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1951

print

Title: Descente Descent |
Museum number: 1988,0409.110 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1945

print

Title: Cinq personnages |
Museum number: 1988,0409.114 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1946

print

Title: Feu sous l'eau Fire under the water |
Museum number: 1989,0617.107 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1955

print

Title: Acrobats |
Museum number: 1988,0409.25 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1933

print

Title: Ohio Ohio Night |
Museum number: 1989,0617.240 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1960

print

Title: Poissons volants |
Museum number: 1989,0617.208 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1958

print

Title: Fond de la mer |
Museum number: 1989,0617.248 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1960

print

Title: Amazon |
Museum number: 1989,0617.33 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1945

print

Title: Ceÿx |
Museum number: 1989,0617.144 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1956

print

Title: Flight Principle of Flight |
Museum number: 1988,0409.103 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1944

print

Title: Icarus |
Museum number: 1989,0617.149 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1956

print

Title: Poisson rouge |
Museum number: 1989,0617.193 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1957

print

Title: Gulf stream |
Museum number: 1989,0617.233 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1959

print

Title: Pâques |
Museum number: 1988,0409.39 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1936

print

Title: Figures in Space Personnages dans l'espace |
Museum number: 1989,0617.182 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1957

print

Title: Maternité ailée Winged maternity |
Museum number: 1988,0409.166 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1948-1953

print; greeting-card

Title: Augy's foot (greeting card for 1940-1) |
Museum number: 1988,0409.58 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1940

print

Title: Falling figure |
Museum number: 1988,0409.148 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1947

print

Title: Myth of creation |
Museum number: 1988,0409.56 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1940

print

Title: About boats |
Museum number: 1989,0617.167 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1957

print

Title: Cinq personnages |
Museum number: 1988,0409.115 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1946

print

Title: Danaë |
Museum number: 1989,0617.95 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1954

print

Title: Buisson ardent Burning bush |
Museum number: 1989,0617.137 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1956

print

Title: La leçon d'anatomie |
Museum number: 1989,0617.86 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1954

print

Title: L'Escoutay |
Museum number: 1989,0617.49 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1951

print

Title: Pegasus Pégase |
Museum number: 1989,0617.45 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1951

print

Title: Danse du soleil Danseuse du soleil |
Museum number: 1989,0617.41 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1951

print

Title: Mirror |
Museum number: 1989,0617.21 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1941

print

Title: Greeting card |
Museum number: 1988,0409.78 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1942-1943

print

Title: Paysage anthropophage |
Museum number: 1988,0409.44 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1937

print

Title: Perseïdes |
Museum number: 1989,0617.221 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1958

print

Title: Poissons volants |
Museum number: 1989,0617.207 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1958

print

Title: Combat sousmarin Underwater Battle |
Museum number: 1989,0617.171 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1957

print; drawing

Title: Cronos |
Museum number: 1988,0409.98 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1944

print

Title: Cronos |
Museum number: 1988,0409.99 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1944

print

Title: Falling figure |
Museum number: 1988,0409.155 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1947

print

Title: Winged figures Personnages ailés |
Museum number: 1989,0617.61 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1952

print

Title: Viol |
Museum number: 1988,0409.50 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1938

print

Title: Le chas de l'aiguille |
Museum number: 1988,0409.126 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1946

print

Title: Grolier |
Museum number: 1988,0409.93 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1944

print; greeting-card

Title: Greeting card |
Museum number: 1989,0617.101 |
Producer name: Print made by:Stanley William HayterPrint made by:Helen Phillips |
Production date: 1955

print

Title: Buisson ardent Burning bush |
Museum number: 1989,0617.134 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1956

print

Title: About boats |
Museum number: 1989,0617.166 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1957

print

Title: Burin studies Croquis au burin |
Museum number: 1988,0409.83 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1943

print

Title: La glace Mirror I |
Museum number: 1988,0409.49 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1938

print; greeting-card

Title: Greeting card for 1949-50 |
Museum number: 1988,0409.176 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1949

print

Title: Poem by Jacques-Henri Lévesque 21 etchings and poems |
Museum number: 1988,0409.139 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1947

print

Title: Archipelago |
Museum number: 1988,0409.70 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1941

print

Title: Grolier |
Museum number: 1988,0409.95 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1944

print

Title: Tarantelle |
Museum number: 1989,0617.30 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1943

print

Title: Nageuse |
Museum number: 1989,0617.205 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1958

print

Title: La Noyée |
Museum number: 1989,0617.129 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1955

print

Title: Paysage anthropophage |
Museum number: 1988,0409.46 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1937

print

Title: Perseïdes |
Museum number: 1989,0617.220 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1958

print

Title: Maternité ailée Winged maternity |
Museum number: 1988,0409.168 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1948-1953

print

Title: Angels wrestling Anges luttants |
Museum number: 1988,0409.178 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1950

print

Title: Paysage lunaire Lunar landscape |
Museum number: 1989,0617.121 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1955

print

Title: Tarantelle |
Museum number: 1988,0409.91 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1943

print

Title: Octopud |
Museum number: 1988,0409.173 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1949

print

Title: Burin studies Croquis au burin |
Museum number: 1988,0409.84 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1943

print

Title: Submerged figure |
Museum number: 1989,0617.24 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1941

print

Title: Laocoön |
Museum number: 1988,0409.86 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1943

print

Title: Submerged figure |
Museum number: 1988,0409.71 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1941

print

Title: Ceÿx |
Museum number: 1989,0617.139 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1956

print

Title: Torero |
Museum number: 1988,0409.24 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1933

print

Title: Witches' Sabbath |
Museum number: 1989,0617.197 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1958

print

Title: Unfolding |
Museum number: 1988,0409.127 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1945-1946

print

Title: Amazon |
Museum number: 1989,0617.34 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1945

print

Title: Sorcier Wizard |
Museum number: 1989,0617.77 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1953

print

Title: Fond de la mer |
Museum number: 1989,0617.249 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1960

print

Title: Persistence of life |
Museum number: 1988,0409.80 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1943

print

Title: Danse du soleil Danseuse du soleil |
Museum number: 1989,0617.43 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1951

print

Title: Figures in Space Personnages dans l'espace |
Museum number: 1989,0617.188 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1957

print

Title: Viol |
Museum number: 1989,0617.17 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1938

print

Title: Femme accroupie |
Museum number: 1989,0617.154 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1956

print

Title: Kneeling figure Personnage à genoux |
Museum number: 1988,0409.170 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1949

print

Title: Source |
Museum number: 1989,0617.22 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1941

print

Title: Combat sousmarin Underwater Battle |
Museum number: 1989,0617.175 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1957

print

Title: Flight Principle of Flight |
Museum number: 1988,0409.105 |
Producer name: BIOG10521 Print made by:Stanley William Hayter |
Production date: 1944

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