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Jan Pzn. Franken artwork • painting • previously for sale Shells and coral

Franken J.P.J.  | Joannes Petrus Josephus 'Jan' Franken, Shells and coral, oil on canvas 50.2 x 65.2 cm, signed l.l.
Franken J.P.J.  | Joannes Petrus Josephus 'Jan' Franken, Shells and coral, oil on canvas 50.2 x 65.2 cm, signed l.l.

Jan Pzn. Franken

Shells and coral
oil on canvas 50.2 x 65.2 cm, signed l.l.

This painting was previously for sale.

Provenance: bruikleen Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, inv.nr. 25-1957, 1957-2005.
Literature: Johanna Marcia Boeijinga, 'J. Franken Pzn, Haags kunstenaar (1896-1977). Meester-graficus en schilder', Antwerpen 2007, pag. 38, afb. 46 (in kleur).

The Hague painter and graphic artist Jan Pzn. Franken lived long enough to witness many different artistic movements, which now and then affected him. Nevertheless, his work is unique and recognizable: he continued to apply the figurative style taught at the Hague Academy. Franken originally painted mainly workers, merchants and café interiors, later still lifes, (winter) landscapes and cityscapes, always with figures. His woodcuts were also known. Jan Franken was a member of Pulchri Studio in The Hague and of 'De Onafhankelijken' in Amsterdam.


Jan Pzn. Franken | Peasant family, oil on canvas, 60.3 x 45.4 cm, signed l.l.

Jan Pzn. Franken

painting • for sale

Peasant family


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