Jeanne Bieruma Oosting - Cover / Lithograph series "the Circus" 1948 - pencil numbered edition of 12!

Original & large Lithograph on thick paper "the Circus" (Cover for the series "the circus - seven lithographs by jeanne Oosting). This beautiful mono-chrome (black and white) Lithograph was made by jeanne Bieruma Oosting in 1948 in a very small edition (4/12 pieces) and signed in the plate. Numbered in pencil. (edition number may differ due to duplicate copies in our collection)

Loose-leaf - NOT framed.



Driven and passionate in her artistry; powerful and vulnerable as a person – Jeanne Bieruma Oosting was all that and much more. She was one of those progressive women who fought for a free and independent life at the beginning of the 20th century.

Jeanne Oosting experienced almost all 20th century modern art styles and movements in her almost hundred years of life. Her work was labelled as 'impressionistic' or 'expressionistic'. It was 'too masculine' or 'typically feminine'. She herself kept it short and sweet at 'figurative'.

Her work was a self-evident necessity of life for Jeanne Oosting. It was everything: 'My whole life and my thinking revolves around paintings. It is my breath.' She was always busy, lived according to her own rules and did not waste precious time. The saying 'No time to waste' was tailor-made for her.

During her Parisian period, she gained wings and her career took off. Jeanne Oosting made an international name for herself, especially with her graphic work. She set the tone for a new vision of graphic art. And she did so with verve, thanks to her experimental approach, excellent craftsmanship and daring themes.

Jeanne Bieruma Oosting – Beer for her friends – is worth being (re)discovered by many. This major retrospective exhibition takes you through her long working and personal life, with artworks, photos and ego documents. This is possible for the first time in this form thanks to the research of Jolande Withuis, biographer of Jeanne Bieruma Oosting. The exhibition was created on her initiative and is based on her biography 'Geen tijd verloren. Jeanne Bieruma Oosting 1898-1994' (publisher De Bezige Bij).

Artist and friend Otto de Kat about Jeanne: “I know few artists who possess as much entrepreneurial spirit, enthusiasm and daring as Jeanne Bieruma Oosting. Some qualities that seem to conflict with each other, she possesses in equal measure. She is both serious and nonchalant, cheeky and also sensitive, fantastic and everyday. She loves reality, but does not forget the dream.”
(source: Museum Zutphen)