Jopie Huisman

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Jopie Huisman
Jopie Huisman (1986).jpg
Jopie Huisman with a painting of his fellow rags-and-bone man Euzie (1986)
Born
Jotje Huisman

(1922-10-18)18 October 1922
Workum, Netherlands
Died29 September 2000(2000-09-29) (aged 77)
Groningen, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Occupation(s)Painter and rag-and-bone man
Website jopiehuismanmuseum.nl

Jopie Huisman (18 October 1922 – 29 September 2000) was a Dutch autodidactic painter [1] and rag-and-bone man. [2] During his lifetime, he became known for his meticulous and realistic paintings. Huisman refused to sell any of his paintings. [3] On 11 April 1986, [4] Huisman opened his own museum. [3]

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Biography

Jopie Huisman was born on 18 October 1922 in Workum, Friesland. In 1939, he became a ceramics painter at the earthenware factory of Aurora. [5] In 1942, he was arrested during a raid and put to work at a labor camp in Kassel, Germany. [5] One day, he was looking at the sky and thought he saw a flock of geese. Suddenly the factory next door collapsed. [2] The bombing of Kassel had started. Huisman managed to escape from the camp, [6] and found refugee in Workum. [5] In 1949, he married Eelkje de Boer, started a business, and a family. [4]

In 1953, his business failed, [4] and Huisman became a rag-and-bone man, buying and selling old clothes and scrap metal. He walked the streets of Workum for eight years. [7] In 1963, he moved to Herbayum, and started to specialize in scrap metal. [4] He had been painting and drawing as a hobby all his life, and in 1963 got his first exhibition in Harlingen. [8] In 1968, [4] van Gewest tot Gewest  [ nl ], a television show with regional stories, aired a program about Jopie Huisman, giving his paintings national exposure. [9]

In 1973, his marriage failed. Huisman frantically started to paint the old clothes, worn-out shoes, children's dolls, and other items he had in storage. [10] His exhibitions were becoming increasingly popular. In 1981, 26,000 people visited an exhibition in Haarlem. [3] Huisman also received offers to sell his paintings, but he always refused out of principle. [10] In 1984, he exhibited his work in an art gallery in Nuenen. The gallery was broken into, and three of his paintings were stolen. [11] This resulted in Huisman refusing to participate in any more exhibitions. [11]

Museum

Coordinates: 52°58′47″N5°26′37″E / 52.97969°N 5.44371°E / 52.97969; 5.44371

The entrance sign of the museum with a self portrait 20180817 Jopie Huisman Museum Workum.jpg
The entrance sign of the museum with a self portrait

On 11 April 1986, Huisman opened his own museum in his native Workum. The museum was housed in a stepped gabled building from 1663. [12] The amount of visitors exceeded expectations, and the building turned out to be too small. [13] On 29 February 1992, a newly built museum was opened in Workum to exhibit his paintings. [14]

Death

On 29 September 2000, Huisman died at the age of 77. [10] Huisman's coffin was transported from his museum to the cemetery in a horse drawn rag-and-bone man's cart. [15]

Aftermath

In 2010, an unknown watercolor painting by Huisman was discovered by his son. The painting was dated March 2000. [16] In the same year, a painting of a pair of shoes which he had given away to a friend, was auctioned at Christie's for €49,000. [17] In 2016, three drawings made in the late 1940s were discovered in an old box. [18]

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  2. 1 2 "Interview Jopie Huisman". Maarten Slagboom (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Lompenhandelaar schildert de afval van zijn volk..." Terdege via Digibron (in Dutch). 9 July 1986. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Jopie's leven". Jopie Huisman Museum (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 Hesseling 1996, p. 9.
  6. ↑ Hesseling 1996, p. 17.
  7. ↑ Hesseling 1996, p. 11.
  8. ↑ Hesseling 1996, p. 82.
  9. ↑ "Bij het Friese Workum ligt het paradijs van kunstenaar Jopie Huisman (+ lezersreis)". De Telegraaf via MSN (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 March 2021.
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  11. 1 2 "Gestolen schilderijen van Jopie Huisman nog niet gevonden". Omrop Fryslan (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  12. ↑ Hesseling 1996, p. 181.
  13. ↑ Hesseling 1996, p. 193.
  14. ↑ Hesseling 1996, p. 194.
  15. ↑ "Fryslân DOK: Jopie". Omrop Fryslân via Youtube (in Western Frisian). Retrieved 4 March 2021. Position 27:14
  16. ↑ "Laatste werk Jopie Huisman opgedoken". Bolswards Nieuwsblad via De Krant van Toen (in Dutch). 29 December 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  17. ↑ "A Pair of Shoes". Christie's. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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