Pair of Vintage Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman Art Reproductions

Two 1970s reproductions of early 1940s collage prints by famous Dutch artist Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman who was a painter, typographer, printer, writer and member of De Ploeg in Groningen. These are works he made in the Second World War (1941-1942) a few years before his unfortunate execution. The prints we are selling are framed and in good vintage condition. Some paint chips on the frames.

Dimensions of both prints including steel frame and glass: 50 x 40 cm

About Werkman
Werkman was born on 29 April 1882 in Leens, in the province of Groningen. He was the son of a veterinary surgeon who died while he was young, after which his mother moved the family to the city of Groningen. In 1908, he established a printing and publishing house there that at its peak employed some twenty workers. Financial setbacks forced its closure in 1923, after which Werkman started anew with a small workshop in the attic of a warehouse. He set up a clandestine printing house during the Nazi occupation (1940–1945) and was shot by the Gestapo in the closing days of the war.

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