de Ploeg



de Ploeg. 1918-1941 De generatie kunstenaars die gedurende de eerste twee decennia van de twintigste eeuw in Groningen de boventoon voerde, inspireerde zich sterk op de verworvenheden van de laat-negentiende eeuwse Nederlandse schilderkunst die tot ontwikkeling was gekomen in Den Haag en Amsterdam. De opvattingen van de schilders van de Haagse School (Mauve, de gebroeders Maris, Tholen, e.d.), van Israels en in mindere mate van Breitner klinken door in het werk van de in Groningen werkzame kunstenaars Eerelman, De Vries Lam en Bach. Het traditionalisme binnen de Groninger Schilderkunst bood weinig ruimte voor vernieuwende tendensen. Het kunstlievend genootschap Pictura schonk in zijn tentoonstellingen weliswaar aandacht aan moderne kunst, maar jonge kunstenaars als Wiegers, Jordens, Martens, Dijkstra en Altink in wier werk een verlangen naar vernieuwing aanwezig was, kregen nauwelijks kansen zich te manifesteren...

de Ploeg artists:

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Wobbe Alkema
Jan Altink
Johan Dijkstra
Jan Jordens
Hendrik Werkman
Jan Wiegers
Jan van der Zee





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