Discover watercolorist, etcher, graphic artist Gerard Johan Staller

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: Staller, Gerard

Qualifications: watercolorist, etcher, graphic artist, illustrator, plateel painter, draftsperson, painter
worked for the ceramic industry, later he focussed on the art of painting, had the nickname 'de schilder van het Amsterdamse Joodse volksleven' (Scheen 1981)

Nationality/school: Dutch

Born: Amsterdam (city) 1880-01-02

Deceased: Amsterdam (city) 1956-10-18
according to Scheen 1981 died on 19 october 1956; he was found dead in his workshop and died presumably on 15 or 16 october (Scheen 1981)

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1900 - 1956
ca. 1900-1956

Education: Rijksnormaalschool voor Teekenonderwijzers (Amsterdam)

Jacobs 2000
Instituut voor Kunstnijverheidsonderwijs (Amsterdam)

Jacobs 2000
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (Amsterdam)

1902-1905

Active in

Amsterdam (stad) 1880 - 1956
Jacobs 2000
Artis 1902
Algerije 1926
travelled to Algeria
België
travelled to Belgium (Jacobs 2000)
Duitsland
travelled to Germany (Jacobs 2000)

born in

active in

died in

Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Allebé, August
Visser, Jan (1856-1938)
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Schiller, Frits

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: depiction of laborers, flower piece, animal painting (genre), figure, landscape (genre), portrait, cityscape, still life

Medium/technique: watercolor, oil paint
Product: postcard

Prijzen

Willink van Collenprijs
in 1913 (Jacobs 2000)

Member of

Arti et Amicitiae (Arti, Amsterdam)
around 1944 (Jacobs 2000); 1931-1944
Vereeniging Sint Lucas (Amsterdam)
1931-1944 (Jacobs 2000)

Literature

Scheen 1969-1970
Scheen 1981 , p. 492 (as: Staller, Gerard Johan)
Jacobs 1993
Jacobs 2000 , vol. 5, p. 495 (as: Staller, Gerard Johan)

L. Duuren, van en R. Klompmaker, Nederlandse illustrators van prentbriefkaarten, Uitgever Soest: Vereniging Documentatie Prentbriefkaarten, 2004, p. S-27

collectie geïllustreerde prentbriefkaarten, schenking Hilda van den Helm 2015

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Project: Artis project

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Creation date: 1991-03-06; Last modified date: 2018-05-29

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