Piet van der Hem (1885 - 1961)
Piet van der Hem
Soire in de Folie Bergere, Paris
Signed lower right
Black chalk and ink on paper
32,9 x 31,4 cm.
Provenance:
Private collection, The Netherlands.
Piet van der Hem
The big day on the Kagermeer, 1917
Signed lower right
Mixed media on paper
49.5 x 65 cm.
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.