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Jaap Weijand (1886, Amsterdam - 1960, Castricum) was a Dutch artist, who lived and worked in Amsterdam, Paris, Blaricum, Bergen, Bakkum (Castricum). He was a pupil of George Sturm at the Rijksschool voor Kunstnijverheid (State School of Applied Art) in Amsterdam, in 1903. He studied under Antoon Derkinderen, August Allebé and Pieter Dupont at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) Amsterdam, from 1904 to 1910. He was influenced by Neo-Impressionism, Realism, Cubism, and the Amsterdam School. He was a copyist of the Old Masters. Weijand was a painter, draughtsman, engraver and stained-glass artist. His subjects are biblical scenes, landscapes, portraits and still lifes. He was a member of Arti et Amicitiae, and Sint Lucas, Amsterdam. Weijand has had many exhibitions in Amsterdam (Stedelijk Museum; Vereeniging Sint Lucas).
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