Alfred Calkoen – Hulstein Antiques

A Calkoen 1917-1999

Dutch painter, Dutch school, mid century painter, Alfred Calkoen

Calkoen was a Dutch Australian painter and art teacher that emigrated to Australia with his wife in the 1950’s. His paintings have a mosaic structure and mainly his Australian work is well know.

Alfred C. Calkoen. Calkoen painted this Australian landscape in lovely natural colors. More works of Alfred Calkoen are known in the same impressionistic style. It was painted around 1950, and is a standing rectangle. Later in his career Calkoen emigrated to Australia with his wife Joke Hovius, who also was a professional artist. During his Australian career, his style began to change and evolved into the now called Melbourne Bayside School. His paintings became characterized by a more abstract, graphical style. Calkoen finished his study in the Netherlands in the Nieuwe Kunstschool (Amsterdam) During his career he also was an art teacher for many years.

The painting is signed in red paint in the left lower corner ‘Alfred Calkoen’.