ART & ARTISTS: Dutch Posters 1875-1935

Friday, 10 December 2021

Dutch Posters 1875-1935 - part 5

The Dutch have been producing quite high quality advertising posters from about the 1870s to the present day. I've managed to source so many that I will post these in two series: Posters from 1875 to 1935, and at a later date a series of posters from 1875 to 1987. Individual artists biographical notes given where found.

This is part 5 of 7 parts on Dutch Posters 1875-1935:

1918 Vereeniging voor Vrouwen Kiesrecht
Artist: Theo Molkenboer

Theo Molkenboer (Theodorus Henricus Antonius Adolph Molkenboer 1871 Leeuwarden -1920 Lugano) was a Dutch painter and designer; notably of book covers and posters. He was also an expert on the history of Dutch folk costumes and wrote several short works on that subject.

1916 Natura Artis Magistra
Tentoonstelling van Kunstwerken betrekking hebbende op Het Dier
Artist: Marie Kelting

1916 Van Bommel modeartikelen
Artist: Johan T. Berndsen

Johan Theodorus Berndsen (1890 Zutphen, Netherlands -1932)

1916 Van Bommel Mode Artikelen Vlamingstr.
Artist Johan T. Berndsen

1917 Kunst in de Reclame

1917 Kunsttentoonstelling georganiseerd door
"L'oeuvre de la Croix Mauve"

1917 Nederlandsch-Fabrikaat
Artist: Frits van Alphen

Frits van Alphen, Dutch (1894-1980)

1917 Philips Arga Lampen
Artist: Albert Pieter Hahn

1917 Tentoonstelling Hotel Groot Berg en Dal
Artist: Joan Collette

Joan Collette (1889, Delft – 1958, Nijmegen, the Netherlands), full name Johan Nicolaas Coenraad Collette, was a Dutch engraver, graphic designer, illustrator, monumental artist, painter, glass painter, wall painter, draughtsman, manufacturer of mosaics and bookbinding designer. He was educated at the Rijksnormaalschool voor Teekenonderwijzers (State Teachers’ College of Drawing) and at the Rijksnormaalschool voor Kunstnijverheid (State Teachers’ College of Applied Art) in Amsterdam, and he took classes of drawing at the Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) in Amsterdam.

In 1915, he settled in Blaricum. From 1922 to 1927, he worked at the painters’ firm Cuypers & Co in Roermond. At the beginning of 1927 he resigned and established himself as an independent artist in Nijmwegen.

1917 Wed. G. Oud Pzn & Co, Wijnkoopers
Artist: H.J. van Piggelen

1917 Tentoonstelling Hotel Groot Berg en Dal
Artist: Joan Collette

1917 Wed. G. Oud Pzn & Co, Wijnkoopers
Artist: H.J. van Piggelen

H.J. van Piggelen (Hendrik Johannes van Piggelen (1889 Maarssen -1961) was the brother-in-law of the better-known painter Leo Gestel. Which also shows from his work. Van Piggelen had a studio in Amsterdam on the Nassaukade. Gestel used this studio when he was in Amsterdam. In 1929, the entire studio burned down and Piggelen lost a great body of works.

1917-18 Dat moet je zien!
Artist: Charles Verschuuren Sr.

1917-18 Dekens, deze week Buitengewone Aanbieding

1918 Drukkerij Kotting
Artist: Charles Verschuuren Sr.

1918 Militaire Demonstraties in Lichaamsoefeningen
Artist: Lambert Jansen

Lambert Jansen (1891-1965) studied at Riiksacademie Amsterdam work professor Derkinderen. He got several assignments for wall paintings in Dutch military barracks. Member of Arti et Amicitiae and St, Lucas I Amserdam. He was known as fine art painter of Landscapes and Still Lifes.

1918 Nettoyeur Reinigt Alles met Koud Water
Artist: Charles Verschuuren Sr.

1918 Oranje Hein
Artist: Charles Verschuuren Sr.

1918 Pik er een "Adek" Uit, Dat Loont de Moeite
Artist: Jo Spier

Jo Spier (Joseph Eduard Adolf Spier 1900-1978). From 1924 to 1939 Jo Spier worked for the newspaper De Telegraaf where he created humorous illustrations and cartoons about everyday life. He also worked as a Courtroom sketch artist and theatre review artist. During WWII his subject matter became more political and he was arrested for his satirical depiction of Hitler. He was first sent to the camp at Westerbork, then to Villa Bouchina with his wife and three children. For a period of a few months in 1943 they were protected from transport to German concentration camps, supposedly due to the influence of the leader of the pro-German Nationaal Socialistische Beweging, Anton Mussert. In1943 Spier was transferred to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where he was held with his family until the end of the war. During his internment in Theresienstadt, Spier also cooperated with the Germans by assisting with the film “Theresienstadt, ein Dokumentarfilm aus jüdischen Siedlungsgebied.”

1918 Tentoonstelling van Oorlogscuriosa Curiosa

1918-19 De Brave Hendrik
Artist: Charles Verschuuren Sr.

1918-20 Perzik en Pruim
Artist: Charles Verschuuren Sr.

1918-23 De Meid van het Land
Artist: Charles Verschuuren Sr.

1919 Artiesten Winterfest
Artist: Jan Sluijters

Jan Sluijters (Johannes Carolus Bernardus Sluijters 1881 Hertogenbosch - 1957 Amsterdam) was a leading pioneer of various post-impressionist movements in the Netherlands. He experimented with several styles, including fauvism and cubism, finally settling on a colourful expressionism. His paintings feature nude studies, portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. A number of streets are named after him in the Netherlands, including one in the neighbourhood of streets named after 19th and 20th century Dutch painters in Overtoomse Veld-Noord, Amsterdam.