Life and Work of Jaap Schreurs (1913-1983) Painter and father |
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7.0 life and work - final years |
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After the crisis of loneliness and sorrow came acceptance and calm. The company of his girlfriend Marja also provided light-hearted distraction. Still, Jaap's health increasingly became a cause for concern for us.
Man sitting before fence, etching 1977 |
Woman with Red Jug – acrylic paint on board 54x49cm 1979 |
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Detail: Hands of Woman with Red Jug |
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Much of Jaap’s work from this period was published in the aforementioned book. |
With his emotional stability regained, his involvement in society also returned.
The Interview 1979 acrylic paint on board
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Detail hand |
Horse head with human eyes and three peoples Etching1980
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The yellowed photograph, 1979 - acrylic paint on hardboard 109x111cm |
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Marja on lawn - summer 1982 ink on paper
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Two Playing People acrylic paint on hardboard 80x85cm |
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three hands |
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Two lovers - ballpoint sketch in scratch pad 1982 10x10 cm |
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Holiday sketch 1980 |
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Sketching in meadow behind barbed wire 1982 |
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Granddaughter in profile pencil on paper 1981 |
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In Jaap’s love for conversation, he did not shy away from confrontation. In a smoke-free Theosophical restaurant, for example, he once pointed out to the waitress, who refused to put an ashtray on the table for Jaap to knock out his pipe, that Mrs. Blavatsky herself did not have such strict rules and used to smoke enormous cigars. A few years later she told Paula that she had been given life-changing food for thought in that one moment.
Incidentally, the table in this draft was later painted away. This ballpoint scribble on ruled paper served as a study for his last and unfinished work: ’The Silent Party’ |
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Last Self-portrait acrylic paint on hardboard 1977
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1983 |
death and beyond |
1951-1965 |
a second marriage |
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access to all periods |
by Nelleke and Paula |
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