Jan Wittenberg artwork • painting • previously for sale A still life with bread
Jan Wittenberg
Den Haag 1886-1963 Bennekom
1886-1963
A still life with bread
oil on canvas 40.1 x 50.3 cm, signed u.r. and dated 1944
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: part. bezit België.
Literature: Ard Huiberts, Ton Pelkmans, 'Leven en werken van Jan H.W. Wittenberg (1886-1963), schilder en graficus', Renkum 2004, pag. 18, afb. 9 (in kleur), cat.nr. 82 (op separate lijst).
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 'Kunst in Vrijheid', sept.-nov. 1945, cat.nr. 707; Doorwerth, Museum Veluwezoom, 'Leven en werken van Jan H.W. Wittenberg (1886-1963), schilder en graficus', 3 sept.-31 okt. 2004, nr.82.
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.
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