Beautiful, exclusive work from the 1920s by Willem Alexander Knip. He was the son of Wilhelm Alexander Knip and Christina Jacoba Schultz of Amsterdam, and studied at the Quellinus School of Arts and Crafts (1897-1900) with Jan Visser Jr. and at the School of Arts and Crafts in Haarlem with Chris Lebeau. In 1901-1902, he was taught at a private academy in Paris. He later taught himself to Adri and Gretha Pieck and J.R.T. Philippi. Knip settled in 1905 in the painter’s village of Laren and lived and worked in France, Italy and Spain for some time in the 1920s. From 1934, he lived in Blaricum. Knip is regarded as one of the great painters of the Laren School. He painted, watercoloured and drew with pastel chalk mainly harbour and townscapes and landscapes. He was a member of Arti et Amicitiae, the Sint Lucas Artists’ Association and the Gooische Schildersvereniging. Knip exhibited several times and won the Sint-Lucas Prize (1942) and the Arti Medal (1953). His work is included in the collections of the Van Abbemuseum and the Singer Museum, among others.
Oil on canvas
80 x 60 cm
