Kirchners House in Wildboden
Jan Wiegers (Kommerzijl 1893 - Amsterdam 1959)
Lot-No. 330
1920. Woodcut. 30 x 29 cm. Lo. ri. sign. Jan Wiegers, matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. Few foxings. - Dutch painter and graphic artist. W. studied at the academies of Groningen, The Hague and Rotterdam. In 1920 he was a pupil of E. L. Kirchner in Davos, who was to have a decisive influence on him. In 1918 he was one of the co-founders of the artist group 'De Ploeg' in Groningen, and in 1953 he became a professor at the Amsterdam Academy. Mus.: Amsterdam (Stedelijk Mus.), The Hague, Rotterdam (Mus. Boymans-van Beuningen). Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit.
Jan Wiegers: Kirchners House in Wildboden
Jan Wiegers (Kommerzijl 1893 - Amsterdam 1959)
Kirchners House in Wildboden
Lot-No. 330
1920. Woodcut. 30 x 29 cm. Lo. ri. sign. Jan Wiegers, matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. Few foxings. - Dutch painter and graphic artist. W. studied at the academies of Groningen, The Hague and Rotterdam. In 1920 he was a pupil of E. L. Kirchner in Davos, who was to have a decisive influence on him. In 1918 he was one of the co-founders of the artist group 'De Ploeg' in Groningen, and in 1953 he became a professor at the Amsterdam Academy. Mus.: Amsterdam (Stedelijk Mus.), The Hague, Rotterdam (Mus. Boymans-van Beuningen). Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit.
