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Germ de Jong

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Germ de Jong
Born(1886-03-08)8 March 1886
Sint Jacobiparochie, Netherlands
Died11 April 1967(1967-04-11) (aged 81)
Overveen, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Known forPainting

Germ de Jong (8 March 1886 – 11 April 1967) was a Dutch painter.[1] De Jong studied art at Quellinus, a school for the poor.[2] In 1918 de Jong’s gets his first solo-exhibition, all his works are sold in ten days.[2] When de Jong’s also won the Willink van Collen award for young artists his reputation was made.[2] De Jong moved to Paris, where he became acquainted to Picasso, Mondriaan, Jos Crion, Conrad Kickert and Simon Carmiggelt.[2] Among de Jong’s paintings were many colourful still lifes, focusing mostly on colourful depictions of flowers.[2] His work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Germ de Jong". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Hardus, Bob (13 August 2020). "Buurman van Picasso". Frisch Dagblad.
  3. ^ "Onze kunst van heden, 1939 -". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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