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Jacobus van Looy

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Jacobus (Jac) van Looy (12 September 1855 24 February 1930) was a Dutch painter and writer.

Biography

Haarlem orphans painted by Charles Frederic Ulrich in 1884. Though Van Looy was already travelling by that time, this painting shows the uniform for Haarlem orphans that he wore until his teens, with one red sleeve and one blue sleeve. It also shows the interior of what is now the Frans Hals Museum, when it was still an orphanage.
House where Jacob van Looy lived until he died, and where a museum was opened after the death of his widow from 1949 to 1967.

Van Looy was the son of a carpenter, but his father lost his job when his eyesight began to fail. His mother died when he was five years old and when his father died soon afterwards, he ended up in the Haarlem municipal orphanage. He trained to become a house painter, but was able to follow drawing classes, from 1877 at the "Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten" in Amsterdam.

In 1884, he received the Prix de Rome, which allowed him to travel.[1] The years 1885-86 he spent traveling through Italy, Spain, and Morocco. He was a pupil of August Allebé, Jan Jacob Goteling Vinnis, Dirk Jan Hendrik Joosten, and Hendrik Jacobus Scholten.[1] There he began to draw sketches, which are collected in two volumes. Until 1894 he lived in Amsterdam, when he married Titia van Gelder and moved to Soest. In 1901, he spent another year in Spain and Morocco. He moved back to Haarlem in 1913, when the orphanage where he grew up was converted to the Frans Hals Museum. He bought a house on the corner of the Haarlemmerhout park, where he was often seen taking walks and served as an inspiration for Godfried Bomans, among others.[2] After his death this house was converted to a museum in his name (now only visible with a plaque on the facade).

Paintings

Durante muchos años, formó parte del equipo editorial de la revista literaria mensual De Nieuwe Gids (La Nueva Guía). Es uno de los autores más representativos de De Beweging van Tachtig (El Movimiento de la década de 1880). Fue miembro de la sociedad artística de Ámsterdam Arti et Amicitiae . Idolatraba las palabras, especialmente en sus libros de viajes. Era epicúreo y escribía con imaginación sobre la apariencia externa de nuestra vida cotidiana. El Museo Teylers posee una colección de sus dibujos de sus viajes. Sus alumnos fueron Charlotte Bouten , Chris Huidekooper , Ella Pauw , Johan Vlaanderen y Jan Vogelaar . [ 1 ]

Obras literarias

Su obra ha sido aclamada como épica, con una tierna humanidad y una sutil sabiduría. Entre sus obras escritas más destacadas se encuentran el cuento « De Dood van mijn Poes» (La muerte de mi gato) y su autobiografía «The Netherlandshy, Jaapje » (Jimmy). Muchas de sus pinturas se exhiben en los principales museos de los Países Bajos. [ 3 ]

Casa de Looy

Entre 1948 y 1976, el museo "Huis van Looy" se convirtió en una galería de exposiciones de arte moderno. Al cerrar sus puertas, la mayor parte de la colección y el archivo que la acompañaba fueron donados al Museo Frans Hals. [ 4 ]

Premio Jacobus van Looy

Desde 1985, la Fundación Jacobus van Looy otorga cada cinco años el Premio Jacobus van Looy a artistas que han destacado tanto como escritores como pintores.

Entre los galardonados se encuentran:

Referencias

  1. 1 2 3 Jac. van Looy en el RKD
  2. ^ "De weesjongen: fragmenten uit Jaapje, Jaap en Jakob van Jacobus van Looy; uitgezocht en ingeleid door Godfried Bomans"; por Jacobus van Looy, Godfried Bomans, Elseviers Weekblad, 1953
  3. Jac. van Looy en el DBNL
  4. lista de exposiciones en la Huis van Looy
  5. "Wim T. Schippers: Zou iemand wakker kunnen worden van zijn eigen windje?". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). 28 December 2011. Archived from the original on 19 November 2023.
  6. "Breyten Breytenbach". NYU: Arts & Science. Retrieved 25 November 2024.