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Piet Wiegman artwork • statue • sculpture • for sale Peter asleep

Piet Wiegman

Zwolle 1885-1963 Alkmaar

1885-1963

Peter asleep
bronze and black patine 19.9 x 15.2 cm, executed ca. 1927

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Petrus Cornelus Constant 'Piet' Wiegman

Zwolle 1885-1963 Alkmaar

Peter asleep
bronze and black patine 19.9 x 15.2 cm, executed ca. 1927

Provenance: coll. Hendrik Wiegersma (1891-1969), Deurne, daarna door vererving in bezit gekomen van de vorige eigenaar.

Literature: D.A. Klomp, 'In en om de Bergensche School', Amsterdam 1943, pag. 99; tent.cat. Schiedam. Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, 'Piet Wiegman', 1951, cat.nr. 70; tent.cat. Alkmaar, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, 'Piet Wiegman 75 jaar', 1960, cat.nr. 54; tent.cat. Deurne, Museum Dinghuis, 'Nederlandse kunst 1920-'40. Vijf jaar Museum Dinghuis', 9 okt. 1970-9 jan. 1971, cat.nr. 49; Deurne, Museum Dinghuis, 'Piet Wiegman terug in Deurne', 1973, cat.nr. 52; Piet Spijk, Dorris Kuyken-Schneider, Cootje Buisman, 'Piet Wiegman (1885-1963). Schilder van de Bergense school, graficus - ceramist - poppensnijder', Alkmaar 2003, pag. 264, cat.nr. B3, afb. pag. 128.

Exhibited: Schiedam. Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, 'Piet Wiegman', 10-25 febr. 1951; Alkmaar, Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, 'Piet Wiegman 75 jaar', 11 nov.-11 dec. 1960; Deurne, Museum Dinghuis, 'Nederlandse kunst 1920-'40. Vijf jaar Museum Dinghuis', 9 okt. 1970-9 jan. 1971; Deurne, Museum Dinghuis, 'Piet Wiegman terug in Deurne', 9 juni-20 aug. 1973.

After working for a number of years as a laborer and butcher, Piet Wiegman decided in 1907 to start painting. After a number of years in Amsterdam, the painter settled in Groet in North Holland in 1913, where he, like the other painters of the Bergen School, including his brother Matthieu, was influenced by the ideas and work of Henri le Fauconnier. His palette in this period is dominated by browning, the forms are simple and modest. In 1921 the painter moved to Thorn in Limburg for a number of years, where a very productive period began. Wiegman's small, modest oeuvre shows him as a versatile artist who, in addition to being a painter, was also a draftsman, graphic artist, sculptor and ceramist. His painting style hardly changed over the years, which makes his paintings difficult to date.