Jacques Zon
Jacob Abraham "Jacques" Zon (born April 21, 1872 in The Hague ; † March 27, 1932 there ) was a Dutch graphic artist, painter and illustrator.
At the age of 13, Zon became a student of the landscape and animal painter Willem Maris .
He then studied painting at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in The Hague with Frits Jansen and at the Antwerp Art Academy with Albert De Vriendt. Thanks to a three-year royal scholarship, he attended Fernand Cormon's painting school in Paris .
After returning to The Hague in 1893, Zon worked as a decorative painter and poster artist. From 1902 Zon worked as a freelance artist. He mainly painted landscapes and genre scenes from the everyday life of Dutch farmers.
After the First World War , Zon visited Belgium , France and Italy . Zon spent a particularly long time in Concarneau on the coast of Brittany .
literature
- J. Kapelle, S. de Bodt, Tuin, thee en atelier. Real pair of signs Jan Kleintjes and Hedwig Kleintjes-van Osselen, Zutphen 1999, p. 17
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Zon, Jacques |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zon, Jacob Abraham |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch graphic artist, painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | The hague |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 1932 |
| Place of death | The hague |