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'Jan' Hendrik Willem Wittenberg
Den Haag 1886-1963 Bennekom
A still life daffodils in a bottle (designed by Jac. Jongert), oil on panel 38,2 x 29,9 cm., signed u.r. and dated 1925
756465/prv

Literature: Ard Huiberts, Ton Pelkmans, 'Leven en werken van Jan H.W. Wittenberg (1886-1963), schilder en graficus', Renkum 2004, pag. 18, pag. 19, afb. 11 (in kleur), pag. 25, cat.nr. 21 (op separate lijst).

Price band: between 15.000 and 25.000 euro

Wittenberg was a pupil of Floris Arntzenius and attended The Hague Academy of Art. In the nineteen twenties and thirties he made finely painted, restrained still lifes, heads of children and animals plus the occasional landscape. His still lifes comprise simple everyday objects, mainly seen from above and placed against a bluish black or grimy white background. In its simplicity and execution, the work is very similar to that of Jan Mankes. Wittenberg also made many prints and woodcuts. His painted work is very rare.