Bloemstilleven 1884 - 1970

Jacobus Doeser

Original oil on canvas
100 ⨯ 80 cm
Currently unavailable via Gallerease

• About the artwork
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  Jacobus Johannes Doeser woonde en werkte in Laren, Utrecht, Zandvoort, Noordwijk, Parijs, Leipzig en Bennebroek. Doeser schilderde, tekende en lithografeerde: bloemen, landschappen, figuren en portretten in een moderne, vrije trant. Het Gooi was toen een verzamelplaats van kunstenaars die een nieuw wereldbeeld nastreefden. Velen van hen werkten onder invloed van de theosofie. Laren en Blaricum werden in die tijd in publicaties ook wel ‘bezielde dorpen’ genoemd. Buiten deze kring van “ideeisten” werd in Laren ook op het gebied van de schilderkunst op allerlei manieren gezocht naar vernieuwing. Jacobus Doeser heeft stellig kennis genomen van de luministische schilders die ook in die jaren in Laren actief waren, zoals Jan Sluijters, Co Bremen en Ferdinant Hart Nibbrig. Daarnaast valt nog een andere inspiratiebron op te merken in zijn bloemstillevens; een modern, expressief-realistische stijl, beïnvloed door Vincent van Gogh. Het is zonder meer duidelijk dat Van Gogh, wiens werk pas in het begin van de 20e eeuw wat algemener bekend werd , een inspirerend voorbeeld voor Jacobus Doeser is geweest.
• About the artist

  Jacobus Johannes Doeser (1884-1969). Doeser was a painter with a long track record and a very extensive oeuvre characterized by many styles. Born at the end of the 19th century, he experienced many developments in the modern visual arts.

  Through his marriage to Betsy Carlebur, descendant of a family of painters from Dordrecht, he ended up in an artistic environment. Like many artists at the time, he was influenced by theosophy and the emerging socialism.

  Doeser traveled extensively and one of his sources of income was the production of what he himself called "picture postcards", paintings of flower still lifes and landscapes that were popular on the market.

  In addition, he developed as an artist in his own style. This web book shows that behind the man of the famous flower paintings is an extremely interesting person.

  A socially committed man with theosophical and philosophical interests who moved in many fields of the visual arts.
  From picture postcard painting, social prints to paintings based on theosophical teachings, an example of which can be found in the Singer Museum in Laren.

  Jacobus Johannes Doeser (Jacobus Doeser) was born on December 8, 1884 in Utrecht and died on December 14, 1970 in Heemstede.

  Doeser was self-taught and came to beautiful results as an artist entirely on his own (a real natural talent is whispered).

  Doeser worked in many places in the Netherlands (Laren, Utrecht, Zandvoort, Noordwijk, Bennebroek) but also in France (Paris) and Germany (Leipzig).

  In his life, as an autodidact, he mastered the many techniques such as lithography, (oil) painting, drawing, pastel painting and watercolor painting. In the various techniques, his works are known in the field of figure representations, (sea) landscapes, portraits and (flower and book) still lifes.

  Doeser was a member of both the society of sculpture artists 'Art is our goal' (Haarlem) and of the Vereeniging Sint Lucas (Amsterdam).