Jakob Nieweg artwork • painting • previously for sale Portrait of Charley Toorop
Jakob Nieweg
Hogebeintum 1877-1955 Amersfoort
1877-1955
Portrait of Charley Toorop
oil on canvas 85.4 x 70.9 cm, signed l.l. with monogram and dated 1927
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Kunsthandel Reeker, Amsterdam.
Literature: Cees Kamerbeek, Jarmila Kamerbeek, Marjan de Man, Onno Maurer, 'Jongkind tot Van der Leck: de passie van een collectioneur. Collectie Kamerbeek', Amersfoort 2007, pag. 124, cat.nr. 38 (met afb. in kleur pag. 125).
Exhibited: Amersfoort, Museum Flehite, 'Jongkind tot Van der Leck, de passie van een collectioneur: Collectie Kamerbeek', 21 jan-8 april 2007.
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.
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