Martin Monnickendam

Martin Monnickendam
Born	25 February 1874 Amsterdam
Died	4 January 1943 (1943-01-05) (aged 68) Amsterdam, German-occupied Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch

Martin Monnickendam (25 February 1874 – 4 January 1943) was a Dutch painter and draftsman.

Life

Monnickendam was born in Amsterdam and trained at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten there from 1891. His early work is mostly animal drawings made at Natura Artis Magistra. He continued his studies in Paris at the École des Arts et Métiers from 1895. He won various awards and took study trips to London and Italy. Today, his work is seen as being in the school of George Breitner.

He became a member of Arti et Amicitiae in 1904 and a member of the Vereeniging Sint Lucas in 1905. He became a teacher in Amsterdam at the international painting academy there. In 1924 on the occasion of his 50th birthday an honorary show was held for him at the Stedelijk Museum and in 1934 he was named officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau.

His work was part of the art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics and the 1928 Summer Olympics. He also won a medal at the Paris World Exposition in 1937.

Monnickendam died in Amsterdam in 1943 in straitened circumstances while waiting to be deported as a Jew. In 2009 a show of his works was held in Amsterdam city archives.

Works

His works are held by Joods Historisch Museum, Rijksmuseum, the Stadsarchief Amsterdam, the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag and the Amsterdam Museum.

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  Académie de Billard, 1907
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  Intermission, 1912
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  Monarosa, his daughter, 1914
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  The Orphans, 1924
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  Anatomy lesson of Prof. L. Bolk, 1925
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  The reception of the Lord Mayor in the Burgerzaal of the Royal Palace on the Dam, 1929

Further reading

• "Monnickendam, Martin". In: Hans Vollmer (ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Begründet von Ulrich Thieme und Felix Becker. Band 25: Moehring–Olivié. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1931, p. 69
• "Monnickendam, Martin". In: Hans Vollmer (ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts. Band 3: K–P. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 414
• R. J. C. van Helden: Catalogus Martin Monnickendam 1874–1943. Waanders, Zwolle 2009, ISBN 9789040086137
• R. J. C. van Helden / Hellmuth Möhring: Martin Monnickendam – Amsterdamer Chronist in Licht und Farbe. Katalog zur Sonderausstellung im Rothenburg Museum, Rothenburg ob der Tauber 2019
• Mayari Granados / Jürgen Scheffler / Fabian Schröder (ed.): Reiselust. Der Amsterdamer Künstler Martin Monnickendam in Lippe und im Weserbergland 1923. Verlag für Regionalgeschichte ein Imprint von Aschendorff Verlag, Bielefeld 2020 (Schriften des Städtischen Museums Lemgo; 20), ISBN 9783739512303

External links

• Official website of the Stichting Vrienden van de schilder Martin Monnickendam, Amsterdam
• Kunstbus.nl - Martin Monnickendam

Media related to Paintings by Martin Monnickendam at Wikimedia Commons