CHARLES HENRI MARIE VAN WIJK (The Hague 1875 – the Hague 1917)
CHARLES HENRI MARIE VAN WIJK (The Hague 1875 – The Hague 1917) Oude Vrouw haar Linnen Verstellende (Old Woman Mending her Linen) signed, inscribed, and dated CH.V. Wyk SCULPT 9 (?) on the base bronze, golden-brown patina 5 height: 15 ¼ inches (39.4 cm.), width: 8 /8 1 inches (22.5 cm.), depth: 12 /16 inches (31.4 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Collection, Illinois, until 2015 RELATED LITERATURE B.L. Voskuil, Jr., Tentoonstelling van bronzen door Charles van Wijk, Amsterdam, October 1901, no. 13, unpaginated Frank Buffa en Zonen, Tentoonstelling van beeldhouwwerken door Charles van Wijk, Amsterdam, 1910, no. 17 Maatschappij Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam, 1911, no. 251 Veiling Nalatenschap Charles van Wijk, Kunstzaal Kleykamp, The Hague, November 27, 1917, lot 23 Helena Stork, “Oudje (of ‘Verstelwerk’)” in Charles van Wijk, exhibition catalog, Katwijks Museum, Katwijk, July 3 - September 25, 1999, p. 67 Charles van Wijk’s (or Wyk) practical training began in the foundry of his father Henry B. van Wijk in The Hague. Van Wijk’s skills in sculpting were obvious from a young age and encouraged by his father. Drawing lessons began with his uncle Arie Stortenbeker, an amateur painter, and at the age of twelve he was enrolled at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague. The chief instructor was the Belgian sculptor Antoine ‘Eugene’ Lacomblé who taught Van Wijk the art of modeling. The painter Fridolin Becker, another professor at the academy during this period, was also influential. Throughout his formal studies he continued to work in his father’s shop. After completing his schooling, Van Wijk was granted an internship at the famous Parisian foundry F.
[Show full text]