Willem van de Walle - ca. 1950 - 2 ink drawings "cats and turtle" and "crows" - signed - Sold
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- Description
- Willem van de Walle (1906-1995)
| Type of artwork | Drawing / Aquarelle |
| Period | 1900 to 1944 |
| Technique | Pen (Ink) |
| Support | Paper |
| Framed | Only in Passe-partout |
| Dimensions | 16 x 24 cm (h x w) |
| Passe-partout | 50 x 40 cm (h x w) |
| Signed | Hand signed |
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- Willem Albertus van de Walle (1906-1995) was born in 1906 in The Hague into a real trade union family. His father Freek van de Walle is the first chairman of the General Dutch Association of Furniture Makers, Wallpaperers and Related Professionals, then makes a career in the NVV (Dutch Association of Trade Unions) and eventually becomes a member of the main board. Willem Albertus' talent for drawing was noticed from an early age. His father arranged drawing lessons with Albert Hahn (1877-1918), the artist of the political-satirical magazine 'De Notenkraker', and later with his stepson Albert Pieter Dijkman (1894-1953), who called himself Albert Hahn junior. Van de Walle continues his training as a lithographer at the National Normal School for Drawing Education. As early as 1921, he submitted his first design for a picture postcard to the social democratic movement. Two years later he designed his first poster for the NVV. Characteristic elements of his oeuvre can already be recognized in this early work. He always works in a figurative style, pays great attention to decoration and detail, he uses heavy and traditional symbolism and bright colors. In addition to designs for posters, Van de Walle also makes paintings, stained glass windows, murals, book illustrations and political prints. He received many assignments from the social democratic trade union movement, especially in the 1920s and 1930s. During this time, the NVV is growing and gaining more and more influence. The trade unions want to demonstrate their increased power in monumental buildings and offices with, for example, stained glass windows and murals. After 1945 there is little demand for social democratic visual culture. Offices must become efficient and costs must be reduced. Willem Albertus van de Walle is appointed as an art history teacher at a lyceum in Amsterdam and focuses on free painting for the first time in his life. He paints historical scenes, old cityscapes, exotic landscapes and tropical fish. With this work he stands completely outside the established art circuits. He doesn't want anything to do with that, he thinks modern art is absurd. Van de Walle does not exhibit his work, so it is only known to a small circle. His stained glass windows are also forgotten. In 1995, an exhibition of his work was mounted in the trade union museum. He can no longer attend this exhibition and dies two weeks after the opening.
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| Condition | Good | ||||||||||
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| Pick up | The work can be picked up on location. As a buyer you must bring your own packaging materials. The location is: Purmerend, The Netherlands | ||||||||||
| Shipment | Parcel post | ||||||||||
| Price | Up to 2 kg.
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