Jopie Huisman | |
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![]() Jopie Huisman with a painting of his fellow rags-and-bone man Euzie (1986) | |
Born | Jotje Huisman 18 October 1922 |
Died | 29 September 2000
Groningen, Netherlands | (aged 77)
Nationality | Dutch |
Occupation(s) | Painter and rag-and-bone man |
Website | jopiehuismanmuseum.nl |
Jopie Huisman (18 October 1922 – 29 September 2000) was a Dutch autodidactic painter [1] and rag-and-bone man. [2] During his lifetime, he became known for his meticulous and realistic paintings. Huisman refused to sell any of his paintings. [3] On 11 April 1986, [4] Huisman opened his own museum. [3]
Jopie Huisman was born on 18 October 1922 in Workum, Friesland. In 1939, he became a ceramics painter at the earthenware factory of Aurora. [5] In 1942, he was arrested during a raid and put to work at a labor camp in Kassel, Germany. [5] One day, he was looking at the sky and thought he saw a flock of geese. Suddenly the factory next door collapsed. [2] The bombing of Kassel had started. Huisman managed to escape from the camp, [6] and found refugee in Workum. [5] In 1949, he married Eelkje de Boer, started a business, and a family. [4]
In 1953, his business failed, [4] and Huisman became a rag-and-bone man, buying and selling old clothes and scrap metal. He walked the streets of Workum for eight years. [7] In 1963, he moved to Herbayum, and started to specialize in scrap metal. [4] He had been painting and drawing as a hobby all his life, and in 1963 got his first exhibition in Harlingen. [8] In 1968, [4] van Gewest tot Gewest , a television show with regional stories, aired a program about Jopie Huisman, giving his paintings national exposure. [9]
In 1973, his marriage failed. Huisman frantically started to paint the old clothes, worn-out shoes, children's dolls, and other items he had in storage. [10] His exhibitions were becoming increasingly popular. In 1981, 26,000 people visited an exhibition in Haarlem. [3] Huisman also received offers to sell his paintings, but he always refused out of principle. [10] In 1984, he exhibited his work in an art gallery in Nuenen. The gallery was broken into, and three of his paintings were stolen. [11] This resulted in Huisman refusing to participate in any more exhibitions. [11]
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On 11 April 1986, Huisman opened his own museum in his native Workum. The museum was housed in a stepped gabled building from 1663. [12] The amount of visitors exceeded expectations, and the building turned out to be too small. [13] On 29 February 1992, a newly built museum was opened in Workum to exhibit his paintings. [14]
On 29 September 2000, Huisman died at the age of 77. [10] Huisman's coffin was transported from his museum to the cemetery in a horse drawn rag-and-bone man's cart. [15]
In 2010, an unknown watercolor painting by Huisman was discovered by his son. The painting was dated March 2000. [16] In the same year, a painting of a pair of shoes which he had given away to a friend, was auctioned at Christie's for €49,000. [17] In 2016, three drawings made in the late 1940s were discovered in an old box. [18]
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Jopie Huisman | |
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![]() Jopie Huisman with a painting of his fellow rags-and-bone man Euzie (1986) | |
Born | Jotje Huisman 18 October 1922 |
Died | 29 September 2000
Groningen, Netherlands | (aged 77)
Nationality | Dutch |
Occupation(s) | Painter and rag-and-bone man |
Website | jopiehuismanmuseum.nl |
Jopie Huisman (18 October 1922 – 29 September 2000) was a Dutch autodidactic painter [1] and rag-and-bone man. [2] During his lifetime, he became known for his meticulous and realistic paintings. Huisman refused to sell any of his paintings. [3] On 11 April 1986, [4] Huisman opened his own museum. [3]
Jopie Huisman was born on 18 October 1922 in Workum, Friesland. In 1939, he became a ceramics painter at the earthenware factory of Aurora. [5] In 1942, he was arrested during a raid and put to work at a labor camp in Kassel, Germany. [5] One day, he was looking at the sky and thought he saw a flock of geese. Suddenly the factory next door collapsed. [2] The bombing of Kassel had started. Huisman managed to escape from the camp, [6] and found refugee in Workum. [5] In 1949, he married Eelkje de Boer, started a business, and a family. [4]
In 1953, his business failed, [4] and Huisman became a rag-and-bone man, buying and selling old clothes and scrap metal. He walked the streets of Workum for eight years. [7] In 1963, he moved to Herbayum, and started to specialize in scrap metal. [4] He had been painting and drawing as a hobby all his life, and in 1963 got his first exhibition in Harlingen. [8] In 1968, [4] van Gewest tot Gewest , a television show with regional stories, aired a program about Jopie Huisman, giving his paintings national exposure. [9]
In 1973, his marriage failed. Huisman frantically started to paint the old clothes, worn-out shoes, children's dolls, and other items he had in storage. [10] His exhibitions were becoming increasingly popular. In 1981, 26,000 people visited an exhibition in Haarlem. [3] Huisman also received offers to sell his paintings, but he always refused out of principle. [10] In 1984, he exhibited his work in an art gallery in Nuenen. The gallery was broken into, and three of his paintings were stolen. [11] This resulted in Huisman refusing to participate in any more exhibitions. [11]
52°58′47″N 5°26′37″E / 52.97969°N 5.44371°E
On 11 April 1986, Huisman opened his own museum in his native Workum. The museum was housed in a stepped gabled building from 1663. [12] The amount of visitors exceeded expectations, and the building turned out to be too small. [13] On 29 February 1992, a newly built museum was opened in Workum to exhibit his paintings. [14]
On 29 September 2000, Huisman died at the age of 77. [10] Huisman's coffin was transported from his museum to the cemetery in a horse drawn rag-and-bone man's cart. [15]
In 2010, an unknown watercolor painting by Huisman was discovered by his son. The painting was dated March 2000. [16] In the same year, a painting of a pair of shoes which he had given away to a friend, was auctioned at Christie's for €49,000. [17] In 2016, three drawings made in the late 1940s were discovered in an old box. [18]
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