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Gerrit Hondius

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Gerrit Hondius (1891 - 1970) was active/lived in New York.  Gerrit Hondius is known for Ballet figure, landscape, still life.

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 A modernist artist who lived in both Provincetown, Massachusetts, and New York City, Gerrit Hondius studied at the Art Students League with Max Weber and Andrew Dasburg. He also studied at the Royal Academy in The Hague.

An example of his work, a 12 x 8-inch oil on paper of a Clown, is intense in characterization, feeling and creative use of fauvist, expressionist color. Hondius was influenced by French Expressionist painter and printmaker Georges Rouault.
He was a WPA artist, whose mural of New York City became well known, and his primary subjects were ballerinas, landscapes, still lifes, and masked figures.

Hondius had over fifty one-man exhibitions in Europe and the United States, as well as showing at New York City venues including the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1924-26, 1932 and 1934; the 1939 World's Fair; Museum of Modern Art; Rockefeller Center; and Graham Gallery, in the 1950s. His work was exhibited posthumously in New York City WPA Art in 1977 at the P   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2534 characters.]  Artist bio

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Gerrit Hondius


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art MediaArt SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Cape Cod, Massachusetts
  • Provincetown, Massachusetts
  • Woodstock, New York
Art Teacher
  • Andrew Dasburg
  • Max Weber
Art School
  • Art Students League of New York, Student
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
  • Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
  • Figure Specialty
  • Landscape Specialty
  • Still Life Specialty
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Exhibition of Art Association
  • National Academy of Design, New York
  • Woodstock NY Art Association
Exhibition of Museum
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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