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Charles van Wijk artwork • statue • sculpture • previously for sale Krijntje

Wijk C.H.M. van | 'Charles' Henri Marie van Wijk, Krijntje, bronze 23.0 x 22.0 cm, signed on the back of the base and executed ca. 1903

Charles van Wijk

Krijntje
bronze 23.0 x 22.0 cm, signed on the back of the base and executed ca. 1903

This sculpture was previously for sale.

Literature: Helena Stork, 'Charles van Wijk (1875-1917). 'Beeldhouwer van een vrij en ongebonden volk'', Katwijk 1999, pag. 46 (met afb. van een ander exemplaar), pag. 67, nr. 31; tent.cat. Katwijk, Katwijks Museum, 'Willy Sluiter en de Kunstvereeniging 'Katwijk' 1908-1910', 2008, pag. 131, afb. 148 (van ander exemplaar) en pag. 133.

The sculptor Charles van Wijk was familiar with the 'metier' of bronze foundry from an early age. He also completed the Hague Academy, a course that he completed with an apprenticeship in Paris and Brussels. After his return to the Netherlands (1897) he breaks with the traditions within his profession and opts for impressionism. He finds subjects in the Veluwe, where he models rural people and farmers from life. After that he focuses on fishermen's life in Katwijk. From 1903 he regularly stays there, as the only sculptor among the painters. It results in well-known images such as 'Old fisherman', 'The caller' and 'Krijntje'. In addition to small sculptures, Van Wijk also produced commissioned portraits and monumental sculptures.


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