His father ran the regional Gas Works and Bolsius formally studied art in The Hague before emigrating to the United States and moving to New Mexico in the early 1930s.

His heavy light-filled moody paintings with cloudy brooding skies combined expressionistic influences with expansive western landscapes and the optimism of American impressionism.

[4] Bolsius's sophisticated artistic sensibility was influenced by German and Dutch expressionists including Leo Gestel, Jan Toorop, Kees van Dongen, and Emil Nolde.

He brought his brother and sister-in-law back to the site and after a lengthy discussion, the tree decided to make an offer and embark on re-constructing the dilapidated rambling building.

Returning home from the European theater he worked with Nan on the reconstruction of the Fort Lowell Commissary naming the project El Cuartel Viejo The Old Barracks.

The architectural projects had created a vehicle to develop and hone a Spanish colonial revival wood carving skill that was rooted in the New Mexico WPA furniture movement.

His final building project was the burnt adobe, late Territorial Revival The LeaChar House in the Tanque Verde, Arizona area east of Tucson.

[10] Bolsius's major architectural work and examples of his carved doors are clustered in the Old Fort Lowell Historic District in Tucson, Arizona.

The rebuilt Fort Lowell Commissary that he named El Cuartel Viejo was purchased by the City of Tucson with major restoration anticipated in 2024-2025.

The buildings will be open to the public as part of the cultural multi-million dollar redevelopment and historic imperative program for Fort Lowell Park.