Petrus Cornelis Constant (Piet) Wiegman (Zwolle, 18 April 1885 – Alkmaar, 30 September 1963 ) was a Dutch painter, graphic artist, sculptor, ceramist and puppeteer.
Biographical data
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Life and work
Born in Zwolle
Zwolle () is a city and municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of Overijssel and the province's second-largest municipality after Enschede with a population of 130,592 as of 1 December 2021. Zwolle is o ...
, Wiegman started worked in the industry in Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...
, and moved to Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
in 1901. In 1906 at age 21 he began to paint. Before that he had drawn much. His first paintings show the influence of George Hendrik Breitner
George Hendrik Breitner (12 September 1857 – 5 June 1923) was a Dutch painter and photographer. An important figure in Amsterdam Impressionism, he is noted especially for his paintings of street scenes and harbours in a realistic style. He pa ...
. In 1908 he decided to make painting his profession, perhaps under the influence of his brothers Jan Wiegman and Matthieu Wiegman, and he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purpo ...
in Amsterdam, where he however lasted only three full months.
In 1913 he settles down and devoted himself entirely to painting. In 1921–22 he lives with his new wife Janna Formijne in Amsterdam. His art dealer Jan Vecht introduced him in a group of artists, among them Wim Schuhmacher
Wijtze Gerrit Carel (Wim) Schuhmacher or Schumacher (28 Feb 1894, Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the ...
.
From 1922 to 1929 the family lives in Thorn
Thorn(s) or The Thorn(s) may refer to:
Botany
* Thorns, spines, and prickles, sharp structures on plants
* ''Crataegus monogyna'', or common hawthorn, a plant species
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* Rose and Thorn, the two personalities of two DC Com ...
in Limburg. In that period, a lifelong and fruitful friendship grew with Hendrik Wiegersma and his wife Nel Daniëls.. Wiegman also met Constant Permeke
Constant Permeke (; 31 July 1886 – 4 January 1952) was a Belgium, Belgian painter and sculptor who is considered the leading figure of Flanders, Flemish expressionism.
Biography
Permeke was born in Antwerp but when he was six years old the fa ...
, with whom he felt a kinship in the choice of subjects, colors and style of painting. In Thorn he made many woodcuts, he cuts dolls for children and begins to sculpt.
In 1929 they return to North Holland
North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...
, and in 1938 they move into a house with a studio in Groet
Groet is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Bergen, and lies about 11 km northwest of Alkmaar.
History
The village was first mentioned between 1130 and 1161 as "in Grothen", and means "land ...
. There he becomes one of the members of the Bergen School of art. From 1932 Piet Wiegman also works as a ceramist. During the war period Wiegman couldn't work but after 1945 he recovers in the rise of the Cobra movement. A heart attack in 1950 made it impossible to paint, and limited his energy and concentration. In that year on the occasion of his 65th birthday, there was a retrospective at the Museum Het Prinsenhof
The Prinsenhof ("The Court of the Prince") in the city of Delft in the Netherlands is an urban palace built in the Middle Ages as a monastery. Later it served as a residence for William the Silent. William was assassinated in the Prinsenhof by B ...
in Delft.
In 1953 Wiegman took part of the exhibition "five contemporary potters" in 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 ...
together with Dirk Hubers, Bert Nienhuis
Lambertus (Bert) Nienhuis (14 November 1873 in Groningen – 1960 in Amsterdam) was a Dutch ceramist, designer and jewelry designer.
Life and work
Nienhuis was born in Groningen as the son of the broker Lambertus Nienhuis (1834–1890) and ...
, Harm Kamerlingh Onnes
Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (15 February 1893 – 20 May 1985 in Leiden) was a Dutch portrait painter and ceramist,Mienke Simon Thomas (2008). Goed in vorm: honderd jaar ontwerpen in Nederland'' p. 188 who also produced designs for stamps and s ...
and Frans Wildenhain
Frans Wildenhain also known as Franz Rudolf Wildenhain (June 5, 1905 – January 25, 1980) was a Bauhaus-trained German potter and sculptor, who taught for many years at the School for American Craftsmen (now School for American Crafts) at the Ro ...
. This exhibition was one of the first museum presentations of modern artisan ceramics in the Netherlands.Mienke Simon Thomas
Margaretha Wilhelmina Francina (Mienke) Simon Thomas (born 1954) is a Dutch art historian, curator and author, working as a senior curator at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. She is known for her works on the development of Dutch appli ...
(2008).
Goed in vorm: honderd jaar ontwerpen in Nederland
'' p. 188
See also
* List of Dutch ceramists
This is a list of Dutch ceramists who were born and/or were primarily active in the Netherlands.
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* Cris Agterberg (1883–1948)
* Aalmis (1674–1755)
* Karel Appel (1921–2006)
* Govert-Marinus Augustijn (1871–1963)
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References
Further reading
* P. Spijk, D. Kuyken-Schneider & C. Buisman: ''Piet Wiegman 885-1963 Schilder van de Bergense School. Graficus-Ceramist-Poppensnijder.'' Alkmaar 2003
External links
Piet Wiegman
at capriolus.nl
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1885 births
1963 deaths
Dutch ceramists
People from Zwolle
20th-century Dutch painters
Dutch male painters
20th-century ceramists
21st-century ceramists
20th-century Dutch male artists