Discover watercolorist, etcher, graphic artist Willem Bastiaan Tholen

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: signeerde: 'W.B. Tholen'

Qualifications: watercolorist, etcher, graphic artist, lithographer, painter, draftsperson, art teacher
starts teaching drawing lessons (in Gouda 1878-1879 and Kampen 1880-1885), after 1885 starts working exclusively as an artist (Scheen 1981)

Nationality/school: Dutch

Born: Amsterdam (city) 1860-02-13

Deceased: The Hague (city) 1931-12-05

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: married Coba Muller in 1886; after her death, married Lita de Ranitz in 1919 (Jacobs 2000); brother of M.J. (Margo) Tholen; son of J.M. Arendsen and P.H.H. Tholen

See also In this field, you will find references to names of groups or to the artists that made/make up groups. You may also come across references to other artists if there was/is question of collaboration without a joint name. This is the case, for instance, with artists who rendered parts of works by other artists (such as with P.P Rubens and J. Brueghel I).

This person/entity in other databases

1 hit in RKDcollections
481 hits in RKDimages as artist
38 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
42 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1875 - 1931
ca. 1875-1931

Education: Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (Amsterdam)

1876-1877, received the 'M.O.-akte tekenen' (Scheen 1981)
Polytechnische School (Delft)

1877-1878, received the 'M.O.-akte rechtlijnig tekenen' (Scheen 1981)
Haagse Academie

1887-1888; enrolled as a student (De Jong 1993, p. 42)

Active in

Amsterdam (stad) 1860 - 1864
Singel 455 (Jong 1993) Jacobs 2000
Kampen (plaats, Overijssel) 1864 - 1876
near the 'vloerdijk' (Jong 1993)Jacobs 2000
Amsterdam (stad) 1876 - 1877
Jacobs 2000
Delft (stad) 1877 - 1878
Jacobs 2000
Gouda (plaats) 1879 - 1880
Tiendeweg D 78 (Jong 1993)
Brussel 1879
stays in Brussels for three months, works under the guidance of P.J.C. Gabriël (Jong 1993)
Kampen (plaats, Overijssel) 1880 - 1885
returns to his parent's house (Jong 1993)
Rome 1883
travels to Rome, Napels and Capri, invited on this trip by G.P. Rouffaer (Jong 1993)
Lage Vuursche 1885 - 1931
stays regularly at Ewijkshoeve (a property in possession of the Witsen family) from 1885 onwards
Spankeren 1885
Jacobs 2000
Rijswijk (plaats, Zuid-Holland) 1886 - 1887
Jacobs 2000
Den Haag (stad) 1887 - 1931
Hugo de Grootstraat 28 (Jong 1993)
Zuiderzee (hist.)
makes regular trips with his barge (a 'platbodem', specifically a Wieringer bol) to lakes in South- and North-Holland and the Zuiderzee (Scheen 1981)
Scheveningen 1890 - 1931
Wenen (stad) 1907-04
travels to Vienna with his wife (Jong 1993)
Italië 1911-05
travels to Italy via Frankfurt (Jong 1993)
Zwitserland 1911-07
travels to Switzerland (Jong 1993)
Duitsland 1911
travels to Koningswinter (Jong 1993)
Frankfurt an der Oder (district) 1913-05
travels to Frankfurt an der Oder (Jong 1993)
Karlsruhe 1913-05
travels to Karlsruhe (Jong 1993)
Zürich (stad) 1913-05
travels to Zürich (Jong 1993)
Zwitserland 1913-07
travels to Switzerland (Jong 1993)
Terschelling (gemeente, eiland) 1913
travels to Terschelling in June and August of 1914 (de Jong, p. 87)
Grimaud (Frankrijk) 1921
(Jong 1993)

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
Belmer, Johannes Daniël
Comte, Adolf le
Gabriël, Paul Joseph Constantin
Hein, Christianus Hendricus
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.: Arntzenius, Paul
Bakker, Jan (1879-1944)
Cate, Pieter ten
Henstra, Sytze
Mooy, François Albert
Schagen, Gerbrand Frederik van
Schenck, Gesine
Segaar, Bram
Vreedenburgh, Cornelis
Weyers, Berend Wolter
Ydema, Egnatius

raadgevingen aan Schenck, Segaar, Vreedenburgh en Ydema (Scheen 1981)
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Meiners, Piet
Kramer, Gijs

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.: flower piece, forest landscape, animal painting (genre), views of villages, dune landscape, figure, genre, harbor view, interior view, church interior, landscape (genre), marine (genre), portrait, river landscape, cityscape, still life, winter landscape, self-portrait

Medium/technique: watercolor, oil paint

Art movement Here we mention the art movement to which an artist belonged. Many art movements have not yet been entered, because the content of this field is still under development.: Hague School, Amsterdam School

Prijzen

gouden medaille
1903: Royal Golden Medal (Koninklijke Gouden Medaille) made available by Queen Emma (Jacobs 2000)

Member of

Pulchri Studio (Den Haag)
also a member of the Dutch Etching Club (de Nederlandsche Etslcub) between 1885 and 1889, and a member of the Dutch Watercolor Society (Hollandsche Teekenmaatschappij) from 1887 onwards (De Jong 1993)

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 38 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 33 (1939), p. 45-46
Bénédite/Marius 1910 , p. 267
Dake 1915 , p. 1-15
Marius 1903 , p. 108, 168, 208, 209-211, 256
Bakels 1930
Waller 1938/1974 , p. 325
Knuttel 1944
Knuttel 1955
Witt Checklist 1978
Canning 1980 , p. 476 en passim
Scheen 1981 , p. 520, afb.nrs. 716 t/m 732 (as: Tholen, Willem Bastiaan;*)
Van der Wiel 1988 , p. 26 en passim
Sillevis et al. 1988 , p. 226-227
Knol et al. 1991 , p. 11 en passim
De Jong/Sluijter-Seijffert/Heij 1993
De Bodt 1995 , p. 11 en passim
Loos/te Rijdt/Van Heteren 1997 , cat. nr. 85, p. 294-295 en cat. nr. 96, p. 316-317
Van Kalmthout 1998 , p. 158, 542, 557, 604
Stolwijk 1998 , p. 108 en passim
Peters/Tempel 1998 , p. 10 en passim
Heijbroek/Wouthuysen 1999 , p. 269, 289, 292
Van der Lubbe 1999 , p. 50, 119, 126
Kapelle/De Bodt 1999 , p. 34, 35
Jacobs 2000 , vol. 5, p. 626, 627 (as: Tholen, Willem Bastiaan (Willem))
Thoben/Hendriks 2000 , p. 76
Denninger-Schreuder 2003 , p. 17 en passim
Voeten 2003 , p. 13 en passim
De Groot et al. 2003 , p. 26, 27, 28, 35 en passim
Heij 2004 , p. 200
Spliethoff et al. 2006 , p. 20, 21 en passim
Van der Linden-Beins et al. 2006 , p. 66 en passim
Kapelle/De Bodt 2006 , p. 186
Balk 2006 , p. 198 en passim
Jonkman/Geudeker 2010 , p. 149 en passim
Van Ditmars/Tuijn 2012 , p. 118-119 en 133-142 (with a large amount of works (especially drawings) by Tholen depicted)
Berger et al. 2019

Anoniem, 'Bij de afbeeldingen naar W.B.Tholen', Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift 3 (1893), p. 237-253 [herdrukt in en idem: M.Rooses [red.], Het Schildersboek, [...], Dl 3, Amsterdam 1899, p. 121-135
W. Vogelsang, 'W.B. Tholen, expositie in de kunstzaal van A.Preyer', Onze Kunst 3, Dl. 6 (1904), p. 44-50
A. Plasschaert, 'W.B. Tholen', Onze Kunst 10 (1906), p. 11-18
A. Brunt, 'De etsen van W.B. Tholen', Onze Kunst 11 (1912) 7, p. 1-15
W.B. Tholen, Notulen van de Hollandsche Teekenmaatschappij 1876-1901, Den Haag 1914
R.S. Bakels, 'W.B. Tholen', Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift 32 (1922), p. 1-8
J.H. de Bois, 'W.B.Tholen's prentkunst', Maandblad voor Beeldende Kunsten 2(1925), p. 235-240
A.M.Hammacher, 'Bij den 70sten verjaardag van W.B.Tholen', Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift 40, Dl.79(1930), p. 289-290
H.P. Bremmer, Beeldende Kunst 19 (1932), 7 (gehele aflevering gaat over Tholen)
J. Slagter, 'In Memoriam W.B. Tholen', Elseviers Geïllustreerd Maandschrift 42 (1932), p. 73-74
T. Schulte, Bilder aus alten Papiermühlen von Willem Bastian Tholen, Mainz 1958
C.A.Schilp, 'Willem Bastiaan Tholen (1860-1931). toonbeeld van een arbeidzame, Gelijkmatige natuur', Kunst en Antiek Revue 1 (1979)9, p. 16-21
H. Borkent, 'W.B. Tholen (1860-1931). Naar aanleiding van een vroeg werk', Antiek 22 (1988), 8, p. 430-433
R. Bionda, "'Verschemerd voor ons fel gezicht.' Een onbekend portret van W.B. Tholen", Jong Holland 5 (1989), p. 5-7
Cat. tent. De schilders van Tachtig. Nederlandse schilderkunst 1880-1895, Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh) 1991 en Glasgow (The Burrel Collection) 1990-1991, p. 271-276 [met bibliogr.]
E. de Jongh, 'Oude bekenden opnieuw bekeken.Willem Tholen', Kunstschrift (1993)1, p. 48-49
R. van Lit, 'Het poppenhuis van Lita Tholen-de Ranitz', Jaarboek Die Haghe (1993), p. 89-121
Anoniem, 'Expositie W.B. Tholen (1860-1931)', Drents Museum Journaal 10 (1994), 4, p. 1-2
M.H. Schenkeveld en R. van der Wiel, Albert Verwey.Briefwisseling 1 juli 1885 tot 15 december 1888, Amsterdam 1995, p. 231 en passim
Cat. tent. Gabriël, Tholen en Voerman, water- en poldergezichten rond Kampen, Kampen (Stedelijk Museum Kampen) 1998
J. Versteegh, 'Een generatieconflict in woord en beeld.Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift 1891-1900', Kunstlicht 24 (2003), [idem in: De Boekenwereld 20 (2004), p. 143]

coll.schildersbrieven in:Rijksprentenkabinet Amsterdam
'Tholen in de kunstzaal Biesing' (knipsel uit 1896, verz. RKD)

Documentation RKD

This field specifies the location of the various RKD documentation materials. Most of the locations refer to our art-historical image documentation. In addition, you will find references to press documentation (clippings and short articles) here.

Archive location: archief Félicien en familie Bobeldijk
archief Firma E.J. van Wisselingh & Co.
Archief en collectie George Hendrik Breitner

External links: E. de Visser, De ‘totaal expositie’ van W.B. Tholen bij de Rotterdamsche Kunstkring in 1906, RKD Bulletin 1 (2020)

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Creation date: 1992-01-26; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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