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Dutch painter
A.K.A.
Johannes Carolus Bernardus (Jan) Sluijters, Sluyters, Sluijters, Johannes Carolus Bernardus Sluijters, Jan. Sluijters, Jan Carolus Bernardus Sluijters, Johannes Sluijters, Jan Sluijters, Jan Sluiters
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Male
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Birth:
17 December 1881('s-Hertogenbosch)
Death:
8 May 1957(Amsterdam)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Johannes Carolus Bernardus (Jan) Sluijters, or Sluyters (17 December 1881, 's-Hertogenbosch – 8 May 1957, Amsterdam) was a Dutch painter.
Sluijters (in English often spelled "Sluyters") was a leading pioneer of various post-impressionist movements in the Netherlands. He experimented with several styles, including fauvism and cubism, finally settling on a colorful expressionism. His paintings feature nude studies, portraits, landscapes, and still lifes.
Legacy
A number of streets are named after him in the Netherlands, including one in the neighborhood of streets named after 19th and 20th century Dutch painters in Overtoomse Veld-Noord, Amsterdam.
Public collections
Dutch stamp (1928) w. Herman Boerhaave (design by Sluijters)
Among the public collections holding works by Jan Sluyters are:
- Dordrechts Museum, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
- Drents Museum, Assen, The Netherlands
- Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, The Netherlands
- Nederlands Steendrukmuseum, Valkenswaard, The Netherlands
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Singer Museum, Laren, The Netherlands
- Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
- Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands