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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]

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

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]

References

External links

• Media related to Jan Wiegers at Wikimedia Commons
• Jan Wiegers (1893–1959), Invaluable

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[es] Jan Wiegers

Jan Wiegers (Kommerzijl, 31 de julio de 1893 – Ámsterdam, 30 de noviembre de 1959) fue un pintor holandés, adscrito al expresionismo.

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[fr] Jan Wiegers

Jan Wiegers, né le 31 juillet 1893, à Kommerzijl, et mort le 30 novembre 1959 à Amsterdam, est un peintre, aquarelliste, graveur, lithographe et sculpteur néerlandais.

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