Life and Work of Jaap Schreurs Painter and father (1913-1983) |
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1945-1951 |
4.0 The life-in studio in Voorburg |
Portrai Jaaps mother oil on canvas 50x60cm |
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Shawl detail
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With her full-time job at TNO, Eva provided a reliable income, while Jaap tried to contribute to his family through portrait assignments. In the family home, Jaap was the houseman ‘avant la lettre’. Although this inverted division of roles may have been frowned upon by some, the situation suited both their temperaments well: Eva was an enterprising woman who came to the fore openly, while the much shyer Jaap occupied himself with his own emotional and sometimes instable inner world. |
portrait of Jaap's wife Eva oil on board 1949 |
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In this period Jaap was seeking new forms of expression, including a lighter colour palette |
Every week in the evening Jaap visited his friend Willem van Beekum, who had set up a ‘lithography work group’ in his home, led by G.Voskuijl.
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Plants, lithograph ± 1946 or later
Flowerstem Lithograph ± 1946 or later
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In those years, during cycling trips with his brother-in-law Teun, he would portray people on terraces, who could then take their portraits with them for a small fee. In this way, Jaap and Teun managed to scrape together their pocket money for the holidays. None of these portraits has survived in the family, but the stories of Teun, who would hold unforgettable philosophical conversations with Jaap on such days, were still remembered in the family many years later.
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"The Teagarden" in Delft - water colour 1949 |
In this period Jaap would often depict family scenes.
hand in detail
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Head of young girl, 43x48cm oil on hardboard |
Apart from the portraits intended to be promotional, Jaap and Eva created a set of glove puppets together, which they used for performances. Of these, only the head of ‘Jan Pierewiet’ has been preserved.
Jaap also continued to work on his own themes. It was in those years that he was able to exhibit his work in Huygens’ Hofwijck mansion, near our home address on the Vliet canal |
The Red Horse, detail
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1951-1965 |
life and work in Utrecht |
1942-1944 |
war and marriage |
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access to all periods |
by Nelleke and Paula |
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