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JAN OOMS HENDRIK VAN DIESTELHOFF FINE WC MOSAIC PAINTING DUTCH LISTED - $900 (BROOKLYN)
condition:
excellent
make / manufacturer:
JAN OOMS HENDRIK VAN DIESTELHOFF
size / dimensions:
14.5 X 27 INCHES
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ARTIST BIO FROM WIKIPEDIA:
Jan Hendrik (Jan) Ooms ( Twello , June 20 , 1915 – Los Angeles , 1975 ) was a Dutch painter , draftsman , mosaic artist , and stained-glass artist . In the United States, he worked under the name Jan Ooms van Diestelhoff .
Life and work
Ooms was the son of laundry boss and bleacher Martinus Ooms and Lucretia Diestelhof. He was trained at the evening drawing schools in Twello and Deventer. [ 2 ] He worked as a volunteer at the Bronsvoort stained glass company in Twello until 1933 and then as a glazier in Winschoten until 1938. From 1938 to 1943 he was a pupil of JHE Schilling at the Arnhem Academy of Art Practice . After the war he studied at the Rijksacademie in Amsterdam. He worked for some time at the studio of Willem Bogtman until he established himself as an independent stained glass artist in Amsterdam in 1948. Besides Bogtman, Gisèle van Waterschoot van der Gracht also influenced his work. Ooms had met her, a pupil of Joep Nicolas , during the war. [ 3 ]
Ooms often created his stained-glass windows on commission from Protestant churches and private individuals. In addition, he produced paintings, lithographs, mosaics, and murals, among other things. In 1957, he emigrated to the United States . There he also engaged in other techniques such as glass-in-concrete and glass appliqué . [ 3 ] He was a member of the Federation of Dutch Arts, the Organization for Christian Artists, the Association for Ecclesiastical Art Utrecht, the National Society of Mural Painters, and the Stained Glass Association of America. [ 2 ]
Jobs (selection)
Liberation Window (1947) in Alkmaar City Hall
Stained glass (1949) for the Reformed congregation, Overdinkel
stained glass (1952) for the Maranatha Church, Amsterdam
stained glass windows (1953) for the Cross Church in Treebeek
stained-glass window (1955) for the Christian Technical School in Aalten
Stained glass (1956) for the Oosterkerk , Sneek
stained glass (1956) for the Westerkerk in Hilversum
Two stained-glass windows depicting Jeremiah and Isaiah, which were located in the suite doors of Jan Ooms's home, were donated to the Dorpskerk Twello on February 18, 2018. Before being installed on both sides of the pulpit, the windows were restored.
Literature
Zanten-van Wijk, Janneke van (2012) "The Alkmaar Liberation Window : 'Plant the Maypole. Break the chains'", in Oud Alkmaar , volume 36 (2012), no. 1, pp. 10-15.