This composition by Jacoba van Heemskerck shows a tree in a forest. In this period, Van Heemskerck was influenced by the new trends in art. The artist was particularly interested in the visual language of cubism and was attracted by the ideas and form world of the expressionist artist group Der Blaue Reiter. Based on stylistic considerations, this work is dated around 1913.
Specifications
| Title | Composition no. 6 |
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| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 100,5 cm Height 120,5 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Jacoba van Heemskerck
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| Accession number | 2072 (MK) |
| Credits | From the estate of M. Tak van Poortvliet, 1936 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1936 |
| Creation date | in 1913 |
| Collector | Collector / Marie Tak van Poortvliet |
| Internal exhibitions |
De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
De Stijl (2010) Boijmans bij de Buren - Branding Rotterdam (2019) Langdurig bruikleen Vught (2021) Boijmans bij de Buren - Meesterlijk! (2019) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
All about the artist
Jacoba van Heemskerck
Den Haag 1876 - Domburg 1923
Jacoba van Heemskerck studied at the Royal Academy of Visual Arts in The Hague from 1897 to 1901. She subsequently worked for six months at Eugène Carrière's...
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