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Johannes Cornelis Josephus Marie (Jan) Dekkers (Breda, 15 April 1919 – Gieterveen, 21 January 1997), was a Dutch painter, designer and sculptor.Biographical data
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History.
Johannes Cornelis Josephus Marie (Jan) Dekkers (Breda, 15 April 1919 – Gieterveen, 21 January 1997), was a Dutch painter, designer and sculptor.at the Netherlands Institute for Art History.
Life and work
Jan Dekkers studied at the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht, where he was taught by Joep Nicolas. As an artist he was engaged in painting, stained glass work, ceramics drawing and making sculptures. He was also active as an illustrator among others for the Utrecht Nieuwsblad. In 1963 he made sixty drawings for the book ''Groningen, stad en gewest'' ("''Groningen, city and province''") by A. Boerma. Dekkers lived and worked from 1964 to 1969 inBremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
, and then settled in the province of Drenthe in Gieterveen
Gieterveen is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 19 km east of Assen.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1458 as "Gheter vene", and means "peat (colony) belon ...
.
In the municipality of Aa en Hunze
Aa en Hunze () is a municipality in the northeastern Netherlands.
The names 'Aa' (more precisely the 'Drentsche Aa') and 'Hunze' refer to two small rivers through the municipality.
Population centres
Long place names
The very small hamlets '' ...
there are three images of his hand made of cement.
Dekkers has never exhibited his work during his lifetime. In 2004/2005 the Veenkoloniaal Museum in Veendam had an exhibition of his work. On this occasion the publication "Jan Dekkers and his work" appeared.
In August 2011 in Gieterveen and Gieten there was an art trail along his work, with the church in Gieterveen exhibiting special works of Dekkers.
Selected works
* Hippie Couple - Old Groningerweg, Casting * Speech is silver, silence is golden - Eexterweg, Casting * "Rooster" - Pants, Gieterveen * The Thinker - Brink, Casting * Stained glass window Dekelhem - Bodde Field, CastingSee also
*List of Dutch sculptors
This is a list of Dutch sculptors who were born and/or were primarily active in the Netherlands.
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* Johannes Josephus Aarts (1871–1934)
* Per Abramsen (1941–2018)
* Cris Agterberg (1883–1948)
* Woody van Amen (1936)
* Mari ...
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