• Dutch Artists

    Dutch Artists: Leonora van Bijsterveld

    Leonora Bijsterveld (1888-1955)

    Leonora Bijsterveld was a female Dutch artist. She was a painter, water colorist and sketch artist and student of Bernard Schregel. She also participated as a member in several art ‘sociëteiten’ like “the Haagse Kunstkring”. Bijsterveld was mainly known for her still life paintings

    Bijsterveld, flowers in a vase (hulsteinantiques 2018, sold)

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    Dutch Artists: Leni Rienks


    Leni Rienks 1914-2014

    Leni Rienks was a sketch artist as wel as a impressionistic painter who was schooled at ‘the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten’ (Rotterdam) She was a student of Lizzy Ansingh.
    During her career she mainly made still lives and city scenes.
    She worked in Rotterdam, as well as some small towns in the Netherlands. During her career she also worked as an art teacher.

    bouquet, Lenie rienks, sold 2019

     

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    Dutch Artists: Pauline Zwaal

    Pauline Zwaal 1906-1993, was a student at the “Dag tekenschool”, in Amsterdam under guidance of Jan Uri. At the Rijksacademie she was tutored by J Bronner, JH Jurres en HJ Wolter. She was a painter, pastellist and drawing artist.

    Zwaal painted landscapes, portraits, figures in a naturalist style. She was a member of ‘the kring van tekenaars’. Her paintings have been auctioned by Sotheby’s Amsterdam and by Christie’s. Some of her watercolor paintings can be found at the archive of Amsterdam. Some portraits of Ro Morgendorf can be found in the collection of the Jewish Museum in the Netherlands. Pauline shared an atelier with her well respected and liked Jewish colleague Ro Morgendorf at the Reguliersdwarsstraat in Amsterdam.

    Zwaag did not leave behind a big oeuvre of paintings, her pieces are considered scarce.