Piet van der Hem (1885 - 1961)
Piet van der Hem
Coquette Parisienne
Signed upper right
Oil on canvas
36,5 x 31,5 cm.
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist by dr. J.F.S. Esser
Collection dr. J.F.S. Esser
Heirs collection, dr. J.F.S. Esser
Piet van der Hem
Elegant Spanish Lady
Signed and dated lower right, (19)14
Mixed media on paper
63,5 x 46,5 cm.
Provenance:
Private collection, The Netherlands
Piet van der Hem
New years eve
Signed lower right
Charcoal on paper
28,2 x 21 cm.
Piet van der Hem
Love letter
Signed lower right
Charcoal on paper
32 x 24,3 cm.
Artists
Piet van der Hem
(1885 - 1961)
Piet van der Hem is famous for his portraits, hunting scenes and political prints. A royal grant provided him with the opportunity to work in Paris for a year in 1907. During this year, he became familiar with the work of artists like Steinlen and Toulouse-Lautrec.
Between 1909 and 1914, Van der Hem was one of the representatives of Dutch Luminism. Van der Hem was never seen as a modernist because his use of colours was too realistic.
His early paintings depicted themes such as Parisian night life, but later on his interest shifted to a more powerful style of painting which lent some of his pieces a more sober quality. In 1918, Van der Hem settled permanently in The Hague, where he worked on commission, producing mainly portraits.