Jan Mankes artwork • prints & multiples • previously for sale A rooster
Jan Mankes
Meppel 1889-1920 Eerbeek
1889-1920
A rooster
etching on paper 26.0 x 21.0 cm, signed l.r. and painted circa 1917
Literature: A. Plasschaert, Just Havelaar, 'Jan Mankes', Wassenaar 1927, pag. 60; L. Bosch, 'Nederlandse Prentkunst sedert 1900', Utrecht 1927, pag. 103; tent. cat. Wassenaar, Kunstzaal De Rietvink, 'Keuze-tentoonstelling van werken door Jan Mankes uit particulier bezit', 1927, cat. nr. 95; A. Mankes-Zernike, R.N. Roland Holst, 'Jan Mankes', Wassenaar 1928, pag. 63; tent. cat. Utrecht, Centraal Museum, 'Herdenkingstentoonstelling Jan Mankes', 1949, cat. nr. 120; tent. cat. Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, 'Jan Mankes, schilderijen, tekeningen, grafiek', 1969, cat. nr. 99; J.R. de Groot, 'Jan Mankes (1889-1920)', Leeuwarden 1979, pag. 30; tent. cat. Amsterdam, Rijksprentenkabinet, 'Jan Mankes (1889-1920)', 1982, pag. 28, cat.nr. P 42; H.F. Bruydel-Van der Palm e.a., 'Jan Mankes, schilderijen, tekeningen en grafiek', Utrecht 1989, pag. 141, pag. 101, afb. 94; Alied Ottevanger e.a., 'Jan Mankes 1889-1920', Zwolle/Assen/Spanbroek/Arnhem 2007, pag. 229, cat.nr. Ge 24 (met afb., van een ander exemplaar, in kleur).
Exhibited: Wassenaar, Kunstzaal De Rietvink, 'Keuzetentoonstelling Jan Mankes', 7-30 mei 1927; Utrecht, Centraal Museum, 'Herdenkingstentoonstelling Jan Mankes', 10 dec. 1949-14 jan. 1950; Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, 'Jan Mankes, schilderijen, tekeningen, grafiek, 12 april-18 mei 1969; Leeuwarden, Fries Museum, 'Jan Mankes (1889-1920)', 27 okt.-26 nov. 1979; Amsterdam, Rijksprentenkabinet, 'Jan Mankes (1889-1920)', 14 aug.-14 nov. 1982.
Jan Mankes, who was already dead from tuberculosis at the age of thirty-one, was a solitary individual in Dutch art. In 1903 he began working as an apprentice at a Delft stained-glass atelier but in 1908 chose to be a full-time artist instead. He withdrew to his parental home in the Friesian countryside, where he created small, finely painted works of landscapes, people, animals and flowers. His work is characterised by an immense restraint and stillness. It has a dreamlike quality, is vaguely symbolic and, above all, delicate.
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