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Jakob Nieweg
Hogebeintum 1877-1955 Amersfoort
Villa Kinheim, Bloemendaal, oil on canvas 61,6 x 80,6 cm., signed l.r. and dated aug. 1915
989415/Kh.bv

Provenance: privécoll. kunsthandelaar K.H. van der Aa, Katwijk aan Zee; veiling Christie's, Londen, 26 juni 1990, lotnr. 257 (voor ca. fl. 125.000,-/€ 55.000,-, het recordbedrag voor een schilderij van Jaap Nieweg).
Literature: R. van der Linde-Beins, 'Jacob Nieweg 1877-1955: in stille bewondering', Amersfoort 2001, pag. 75, afb. 44 (in kleur).

Price band: between 15.000 and 25.000 euro

Jaap Nieweg was a clergyman in the Groningen villages of Winsum and Bellingeweer when, in 1914, he decided to choose for the life of a painter. Under the influence of the artistic views of his mentor, the painter and art educationist H.P. Bremmer, he used a detailed pointillism with which he produced calm and timeless depictions. The painter also shared Brenner’s deep admiration for Vincent van Gogh. Nieweg mainly painted landscapes, portraits and still lifes (including floral), which are striking for having immense originality.