Jan Wiegers
Jan Wiegers | |
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Born | Kommerzijl, Netherlands | 30 July 1893
Died | 30 November 1959 Amsterdam, Netherlands | (aged 66)
Nationality | Dutch |
Known for | Painting |
Jan Wiegers (Kommerzijl, 31 July 1893 – Amsterdam, 30 November 1959) was a Dutch expressionist painter.Wiegers was educated as a sculptor at the Academie Minerva in Groningen, but he also studied painting at the Academies of Rotterdam under A. H. R. Van Maasdijk and The Hague under Frederik Jansen.[1]
Having left the academies he produced paintings, sculptures, wood-carvings and furniture for churches throughout Germany and Switzerland.[citation needed] In 1917 he became a member of the group of artists called De Ploeg (the plough),[1] a similar group to Die Brücke but with a tendency towards abstraction.
During a stay in the Davos in 1920, he became friends with the German Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner who became a strong influence on his art. In 1934 he moved to Amsterdam and co-founded the magazine De kroniek van kunst en kultuur. In 1953 he was appointed professor of the National Academy.[2] Wiegers' work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[3]
Wiegers died 30 November 1959 in Amsterdam.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Jan Wiegers". RKD. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Jan Wiegers (1893-1959)". Simonis & Buunk. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Jan Wiegers". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ "Wiegers, Jan". Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
External links
- Media related to Jan Wiegers at Wikimedia Commons
- Jan Wiegers (1893–1959), Invaluable
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