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Adri Pieck
Adriana "Adri" Jacoba Pieck (1894-1982) was a Dutch people, Dutch artist. Biography Pieck was born on 29 April 1894 in the Scheveningen section of The Hague. Her sister Gretha Pieck, Margaretha "Gretha" Pieck (1898-1920) was a painter, as was her cousin Anton Pieck, Anton Franciscus Pieck (1895-1987). She attended the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam. Her teachers included her father, (1865-1925) , . Gretha and Adri exhibited together and shared a studio until Gretha's early death from Spanish influenza in 1920. Her work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale ''Onze Kunst van Heden'' (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Pieck was a member of the Gooische Painters Association and the , exhibiting regularly with the Sint Lucas group from 1915 through 1961. Pieck died in Hollandsche Rading on 5 April 1982. References External linksAdri Pieck and her Surroundingson the Online Museum de Bilt Further reading *Depenbrock, E. (1983) Het L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. In art, the term ''painting ''describes both the act and the result of the action (the final work is called "a painting"). The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, pottery, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may incorporate multiple other materials, including sand, clay, paper, plaster, gold leaf, and even whole objects. Painting is an important form in the visual arts, bringing in elements such as drawing, composition, gesture (as in gestural painting), narration (as in narrative art), and abstraction (as in abstract art). Paintings can be naturalistic and representational (as in still life and landscape painting), photographic, abstract, nar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch People
The Dutch (Dutch: ) are an ethnic group and nation native to the Netherlands. They share a common history and culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Aruba, Suriname, Guyana, Curaçao, Argentina, Brazil, Canada,Based on Statistics Canada, Canada 2001 Censusbr>Linkto Canadian statistics. Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and the United States.According tFactfinder.census.gov The Low Countries were situated around the border of France and the Holy Roman Empire, forming a part of their respective peripheries and the various territories of which they consisted had become virtually autonomous by the 13th century. Under the Habsburgs, the Netherlands were organised into a single administrative unit, and in the 16th and 17th centuries the Northern Netherlands gained independence from Spain as the Dutch Republic. The high degree of urbanization characteristic of Dutch society was attained at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scheveningen
Scheveningen is one of the eight districts of The Hague, Netherlands, as well as a subdistrict (''wijk'') of that city. Scheveningen is a modern seaside resort with a long, sandy beach, an esplanade, a pier, and a lighthouse. The beach is popular for water sports such as windsurfing and Kitesurfing, kiteboarding. The harbour is used for both fishing and tourism. History The earliest reference to the name ''Sceveninghe'' goes back to around 1280. The first inhabitants may have been Anglo-Saxons. Other historians favour a Norsemen, Scandinavian origin. Fishing was the main source of food and income. The Battle of Scheveningen was fought between English and Dutch fleets off the coast of the village on 10 August 1653. Thousands of people gathered on the shore to watch. Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, Montagu's flagship picked up the English king at Scheveningen in order to accomplish the Restoration (England), Restoration. A road to neighbouring The Hague was const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, The Hague has been described as the country's de facto capital. The Hague is also the capital of the province of South Holland, and the city hosts both the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Hague is the core municipality of the Greater The Hague urban area, which comprises the city itself and its suburban municipalities, containing over 800,000 people, making it the third-largest urban area in the Netherlands, again after the urban areas of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.6&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gretha Pieck
Margaretha "Gretha" Pieck (1898-1920) was a Dutch people, Dutch artist. Biography Pieck was born on 16 August 1898 in Amsterdam. Her father, (1865-1925) was a painter. Her sister Adri Pieck, Adriana "Adri" Jacoba Pieck (1894-1982) was a painter, as was her cousin Anton Pieck, Anton Franciscus Pieck (1895-1987). She studied with and . Gretha and Adri exhibited together and shared a studio. Pieck was a member of the . Pieck died of Spanish influenza on 31 March 1920 in Maartensdijk at the age of 21. Her work is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Gallery Gretha Pieck - aquarel van bloemen.jpg, ''aquarel van bloemen'', 1915 Gretha Pieck - Zandpad naar Vuursche.jpg, ''Zandpad naar Vuursche'', 1915 References External links Further reading *Depenbrock, E. (1983) Het Leven En Werken Van Gretha En Adri Pieck (The Life and Works of Gretha and Adri Pieck), Holkema & Warendorf. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pieck, Gretha 1898 births 1920 deaths Artists from Amsterdam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
