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Dutch expressionist painter

Jan Wiegers
Jan Wiegers in 1956
Born (1893-07-30)30 July 1893Kommerzijl, Netherlands
Died 30 November 1959(1959-11-30) (aged 66)Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Known for Painting

Jan Wiegers (Kommerzijl, 31 July 1893 – Amsterdam, 30 November 1959) was a Dutch expressionist painter.Wiegers was educated as a sculptor at the Academie Minerva in Groningen, but he also studied painting at the Academies of Rotterdam under A. H. R. Van Maasdijk and The Hague under Frederik Jansen.[1]

Having left the academies he produced paintings, sculptures, wood-carvings and furniture for churches throughout Germany and Switzerland.[_citation needed_] In 1917 he became a member of the group of artists called De Ploeg (the plough),[1] a similar group to Die Brücke but with a tendency towards abstraction.

During a stay in the Davos in 1920, he became friends with the German Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner who became a strong influence on his art. In 1934 he moved to Amsterdam and co-founded the magazine De kroniek van kunst en kultuur. In 1953 he was appointed professor of the National Academy.[2] Wiegers' work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[3]

Wiegers died 30 November 1959 in Amsterdam.[4]

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  3. ^ "Jan Wiegers". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Wiegers, Jan". Biografisch Portaal. Retrieved 23 January 2021.