Wim Steijn

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Wim Steijn
Wim Steijn - self portrait 1960.jpg
self portrait, 1960
Born(1914-01-28)28 January 1914
Assendelft, Netherlands
Died23 August 1980(1980-08-23) (aged 66)
Bentveld, Netherlands
NationalityDutch
Known forPainting

Wim Steijn (28 January 1914, Assendelft – 23 August 1980, Bentveld), was a Dutch painter.

Biography[]

Groot Bentveld

Steijn first received training from Henk Gorter in Amsterdam before moving to Haarlem in 1935.

According to the RKD he was a pupil of Henri Boot in 1937 and then studied two years under Kees Verweij.[1] Steijn's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.[2]He lived and worked in Assendelft, Oostzaan, Jisp and Wormer. After the war he met and married Janna Koolman, who worked for Henriëtte Louise Posthuma, the owner of the estate . He lived with her in one of the side wings of the estate where he kept his workshop.[3]

In 1969 he was a member of the Haarlem artist society "De Groep", the Amsterdam Arti et Amicitiae, "Nederlandse Kring van Tekenaars", "De Keerkring", and "Beroepsvereniging van Beeldende Kunstenaars"(BBK)[1] He signed his works "WSTEYN".[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Wim Steijn in the RKD
  2. ^ "Onze kunst van heden, 1939 -". Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon). Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  3. ^ Wim Steijn on website of the artist

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