Nicolaas van der Waay (1855–1936) was a Dutch decorative artist,

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and

lithographer Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...

. He worked in many genres, including stamp, coin and banknote designs. He is perhaps best known for the allegorical illustrations he created for the Golden Coach and a series of paintings depicting the lives of girls from the Amsterdam Orphanage. His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the

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Biography

His first drawing lessons came from Louis Koopman (1827-1877), whose daughter he would later marry.Biographical notes
@ Studio 2000. He then enrolled at the Rijksacademie, where he studied from 1871 to 1875. After graduating, he shared a workshop with one of his classmates,

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. In 1880, the

Arti et Amicitiae Arti et Amicitiae (lat .: For Art and Friendship) is a Dutch artist's society founded in 1839, and located on the Rokin in Amsterdam. The Society (also called Arti for short) has played a key role in the Netherlands art scene and in particular i ...

society awarded him their first

Willink van Collenprijs Willink van Collenprijs (''English'': The Willink van Collen Award) is a former Dutch art award, which was awarded for the first time in 1880 by the Sociëteit Arti et Amicitiae. It was intended as an encouragement award for young artists, and wa ...

for his painting "Among Friends". He then moved into a larger studio with Ernst Witkamp, who had also been a student of Koopman's and, a few years later, was able to establish his own. In 1883, he entered the competition for the

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, but no prize was awarded that year due to an insufficient number of entries. Instead,

August Allebé August Allebé (19 April 1838 – 10 January 1927) was an artist and teacher from the Northern Netherlands. His early paintings were in a romanticism, romantic style, but in his later work he was an exponent of realism (arts), realism and impress ...

was able to obtain a ministerial grant that enabled him to make a study trip to Italy. On his return, he became a lecturer at the Rijksacademie; a position he held for thirty years. In 1891, he was named a Professor, succeeding Barend Wijnveld, who had retired, and remained in that position until his own retirement in 1927. Around 1900, he came under the influence of

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, adopting a freer brushstroke and more

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style. He also did book illustrations, notably for ''The Enchanted Ravine'', a work of juvenile fiction by Cora van Berckel-van Heek (1840-1920).Entry from ''Het Nederlandse Boek'' (1893)
@ Google Books. In 1915, he did watercolor illustrations for the

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dedicated to , the Director of Artis. In 1922, he joined the "Maatschappij voor Kunst en Kunstverlangenden", a new organization founded by the painter . Its goal was to bring art to the "common people" at affordable prices. Among his best known students were

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and

Jan Sluijters Johannes Carolus Bernardus (Jan) Sluijters, or Sluyters (17 December 1881 in 's-Hertogenbosch – 8 May 1957 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter and co-founder of the Moderne Kunstkring. Sluijters (in English often spelled "Sluyters") was a leadi ...

Selected paintings

File:Waay-Ballerinas.jpg, Strike of the Ballerinas File:Kerkgang weesmeisjes.jpg, Orphan Girls Going to Church File:Van der Waay.jpeg, Detail from the drawing for the right door of the Golden Coach File:Waay-Art.jpg, Art Appreciation

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External links

Arcadja Auctions: More works by Van der Waay.
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Biography

Selected paintings

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Further reading

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