Jan Verkade
ARTISTJohannes Sixtus Gerhardus "Jan" Verkade, afterwards Willibrord Verkade O.S.B., was a Dutch Post-Impressionist and Christian Symbolist painter. A disciple of Paul Gauguin and friend of Paul Sérusier, he belonged to the circle of artists known as the Nabis. Of a Dutch anabaptist background, his artistic and spiritual journey led him to convert to Roman Catholicism, and to take Holy Orders as a Benedictine monk, taking the religious name Willibrord. He entered the Archabbey of Beuron and continued his work in a religious context, working closely with Desiderius Lenz, leader of the Beuron Art School. He worked throughout Europe and had an important influence on the continuing development of the new Benedictine Art.
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Jan Verkade, wall art & digital downloads
2 works by Jan Verkade (Dutch, 1868–1946) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
Johannes Sixtus Gerhardus "Jan" Verkade, afterwards Willibrord Verkade O.S.B., was a Dutch Post-Impressionist and Christian Symbolist painter. A disciple of Paul Gauguin and friend of Paul Sérusier, he belonged to the circle of artists known as the Nabis. Of a Dutch anabaptist background, his artistic and spiritual journey led him to convert to Roman Catholicism, and to take Holy Orders as a Benedictine monk, taking the religious name Willibrord. He entered the Archabbey of Beuron and continued his work in a religious context, working closely with Desiderius Lenz, leader of the Beuron Art School. He worked throughout Europe and had an important influence on the continuing development of the new Benedictine Art.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of Jan Verkade's work on the site falls under Landscape (6), Drawings (5), Figurative (2).
By movement, it's catalogued as Impressionism (14).
Culture: Dutch (14).
By orientation: 2 landscape, 12 portrait.
Dated work in this group ranges from 1891 to 1893.
Other Dutch artists of the period
Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:
- Leo Gestel — 668 artworks
- Theo van Hoytema — 538 artworks
- Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst — 460 artworks
- Vincent van Gogh — 353 artworks
- Marius Bauer — 301 artworks
- Willem Witsen — 286 artworks
- Antoon Derkinderen — 202 artworks
- Jan Toorop — 182 artworks
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