Johan Birnie artwork • painting • previously for sale A view on the Eem with Amersfoort in the background
Johan Birnie
Djember (Nederlands-Indië) 1866-1958 Los Angeles (Verenigde Staten)
1866-1958
A view on the Eem with Amersfoort in the background
oil on canvas 37.3 x 71.4 cm, signed l.l. and dated 1913
This painting was previously for sale.
Johan Birnie was born in Indonesia and then moved to Groningen, where he received his painting training at the Minerva Academy. He mainly painted finely pointillated landscapes that, through a thin, flat paint treatment, betray a tendency towards poetic styling.
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