Jan Veth - Litho's van 7 bekende mensen van Nederland, uitgebracht van 1893 en 1896 - Sold

The lithographs are: 1st = Dr. PjH Cuijpers in Passe-Partout, work H. 28 x W. 23. Passe-Partout H. 48 x W. 32 cm. 2nd = Dr. J de Vrij Chemists Kinologist . from 1896, work H. 43.5 x W. 32 cm 3rd = Prof H. Herz. from 1893, work H. 53 x W. 40 cm. 4th = Charles Boissevain. from 1893, work H. 53 x W. 40 cm. 5th = Alberdingk Thijn. from 1893, work H. 53 x W. 40 cm. 6th = Philip van der Kellen. from 1898, work H. 48 x W. 32 cm. 7th = Prof. dr. treub. from 1898, work H. 48 x W. 32 cm.
Jan Pieter Veth, artist and art critic (Dordrecht 18-5-1864 – Amsterdam 1-7-1925). Son of Gerardus Huibert Veth, ironmonger, and Anna Cornelia Giltay. Married on 10-8-1888 to Anna Dorothea Dirks. Apart from 1 daughter who died young, this marriage also produced 1 son and 3 daughters.
In 1888 the artist had married and settled in Bussum. As a painter, draftsman and graphic artist he concentrated more and more on portraiture; he carried out a series of portrait commissions and also made images of relatives and friends. In the eighties Veth, who in 1884 was one of the founders of De Nederlandsche Ets club, was active as an etcher, but after 1890 he became increasingly involved in the production of lithographs. In 1891 he started in De Amsterdammer with a series of portrait lithographs of famous Dutch people under the title 'Known contemporaries' and from 1895 to 1899 this series was continued in De Kroniek by PL Tak, in which not only Dutch people but also foreign celebrities were included. With this series of more than sixty lithographed portraits, the artist made an important contribution to the revival of the previously much-maligned lithograph as an art form. As a painter, Veth portrayed many Dutch professors and later also many prominent businessmen. His paintings are characterized by a sober and rather linear style, which indicates that Veth is more of a draftsman than a painter. Characteristic of all his portraits is the sharp observation and depiction of the models. From 1896 the artist regularly spent several months in Berlin to carry out portrait commissions; only in 1915 did this work in Germany come to an end. In 1909 he also spent some time in England to make portraits and made two trips to New York in 1909 and 1910.