Jaap Nanninga

Jacob (Jaap) Nanninga ( Winschoten , November 19th 1904 - The Hague , January 6 1962 ) was one of postwar abstract Dutch artists from the Hague, as his friends William Hussem and Piet Ouborg .

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 * 1 Biography
 * 2 Recognition
 * 3 See also
 * 4 External link

[Biography edit ]
From childhood Nanninga felt attracted to painting and drawing. He initially worked as an advertising designer and illustrator quickly, but later in life he began as an artist. After traveling through Germany and Poland Nanninga settled in 1938 in The Hague. He was schooled in Groningen at Workman and Wiegers, and after the war in Paris still at Geer van Velde , who encouraged him to abstract painting; under the influence ofcubism and abstract art movements in France , he went abstract painting from circa 1949.

The people of the young Cobra group tried to let him join their movement, but he deliberately kept away from there. Nanninga was an outspoken colorist who was looking for a very individualistic and poetic imagery.Eastern mysticism and "primitive cultures" gave him inspiration. From 1955 he was a member of the ' League New Images '. His abstract work has a strong design language with a wonderfully subtle and soft look. In January 1962 crashed Nanninga, after visiting the cafe Horn in The Hague. His work is considered one of the art movement the New Hague School .

[Recognition edit ]
With Gerrit Benner Nanninga was selected for the Dutch representation at the Venice Biennale (1958) and, along with Karel Appel and Corneille for the São Paulo Biennial (1959). In 1964, art critic Lampe compiled an anthology about Nanninga together.