Self-portrait by Nicolaas Pieneman, 1933

Nicolaas Pieneman (1 December 1880 – 1 December 1938) was a Dutch artist.[1]

Life

Pieneman was born in Amsterdam, the son of Nicolaas Pieneman (1853-1945) and his wife Herremijntje (born de Hondt; 1849-1939). Both his father and his grandfather, Dirk Pieneman, were house painters. Both Nicolaas and his younger sister Johanna Pieneman (1889-1986) chose art as a profession.[2]

Pieneman, like his sister Johanna, trained at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) in Amsterdam as a pupil of Carel Dake and Nicolaas van der Waay. He continued his training at the international painting studio of Amsterdam under the direction of Martin Monnickendam.[3]

He lived and worked in Amsterdam, apart from short periods in London (1912-1913) and Zeist (1913-1914). Pieneman painted and drew city- and townscapes, portraits and landscapes, principally in Amsterdam and surroundings. He joined the artists' groups Sint-Lucas and De Onafhankelijken ("The Independents"). With both groups he exhibited numerous works in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and in 1933 a self-portrait,[4] which, together with a number of other paintings, was given by his son to the nation (Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed).[5]

He submitted work (a painting entitled Régates à la Voile) for the art competition of the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, as did his former tutors Monnickendam and van der Waay.[6]

Pieneman died on his 58th birthday, 1 December 1938.

Selected paintings

References

  1. ↑ RKD (Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie) details
  2. ↑ It has sometimes been suggested that the prominent 19th-century painter Nicolaas Pieneman (1809-1860) was the grandfather of the younger Nicolaas Pieneman, but despite the similarity of name and occupation, there is no evidence that the two were related.
  3. ↑ Pieter A. Scheen (1969) Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750-1950. 's-Gravenhage: Kunsthandel Pieter A. Scheen N.V. Volume 2, p. 172.
  4. ↑ "Sint Lucas in het Stedelijk Museum", Algemeen Handelsblad, 24 November 1933
  5. ↑ Zelfportret in crisistijd
  6. ↑ Olympedia 1928 - Paintings, Open - results
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