![Jan Sluijters (1951)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Jan_Sluijters_%281951%29.jpg)
Johannes Carolus Bernardus (Jan) Sluijters, or Sluyters (17 December 1881 in
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
– 8 May 1957 in
Amsterdam
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) was a Dutch
painter
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and co-founder of the
Moderne Kunstkring.
Sluijters (in English often spelled "Sluyters") was a leading pioneer of various
post-impressionist
Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905, from the last Impressionist exhibition to the birth of Fauvism. Post-Impressionism emerged as a reaction ag ...
movements in the Netherlands. He experimented with several styles, including
fauvism
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and
cubism
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, finally settling on a colorful
expressionism
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. His paintings feature nude studies, portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. His work was part of the
painting event in the
art competition at the
1928 Summer Olympics
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.
Legacy
A number of streets are named after him in the Netherlands, including one in the neighborhood of streets named after 19th and 20th century Dutch painters in
Overtoomse Veld
Overtoomse Veld is a neighborhood of Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is named for the '' Overtoomse Sluis'', which was an old portage point dating from the 14th century on a major cargo route to and from Amsterdam at the junction of two waterschap are ...
-Noord, Amsterdam.
Public collections
![Briefmarke-Boerhaave-1928](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Briefmarke-Boerhaave-1928.jpg)
Among the public collections holding works by Jan Sluyters are:
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Dordrechts Museum
Dordrechts Museum is an art museum in Dordrecht, Netherlands. The museum was founded in 1842 and has a collection of artists of the last 400 years.
Paintings
The museum has works of the following artists:
Gallery
File:Portrait of Cornelis van ...
, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
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Drents Museum
The Drents Museum () is an art and history museum in Assen, Drenthe, in the Netherlands. The museum was opened in 1854. It has a collection of prehistorical artifacts, applied art, and visual art. The museum also has temporary exhibitions. In 20 ...
, Assen, The Netherlands
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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from the two most important collectors of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. It is located at ...
, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
* Nederlands Steendrukmuseum, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands
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Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Singer Museum
Singer Laren is a museum and concert hall located in the center of Laren, the Netherlands. The museum is devoted to presenting and preserving the collection of the American artist William Henry Singer (1868–1943) and his wife Anna (1878–1962 ...
, Laren, The Netherlands
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Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar
Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar is a city museum located in the center of Alkmaar on the Canadaplein (Canada Square). The museum is devoted to presenting and preserving the cultural history of Alkmaar and the surrounding region. History
In 1873 the mus ...
, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
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Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Museum de Fundatie
Museum de Fundatie () is a museum for the visual arts in Zwolle, Netherlands. Museum de Fundatie forms part of the Hannema-de Stuers Foundation, to which Kasteel het Nijenhuis in Heino also belongs. Museum de Fundatie possesses a collection of vis ...
, Zwolle, The Netherlands
References
Notes
Sources
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External links
Sluyters at Artcyclopedia*
1881 births
1957 deaths
People from 's-Hertogenbosch
Prix de Rome (Netherlands) winners
20th-century Dutch painters
Dutch male painters
Olympic competitors in art competitions
20th-century Dutch male artists
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