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Art movements: Amsterdam Limburgers
Origin: Family who were very good friends with Pieter and Dollie Defesche for decades
AXEL painting oil on canvas 1963 made in his studio J. van Wezelstraat 12-4h Amsterdam
Wooden white frame has damage, otherwise the work is in perfect condition,
Book a retrospective (1940-1998) painting AXEL page 52 by Pieter Defesche
Nice original work by Pieter Defesche and beautifully framed
Petrus Johannes 'Pieter' Defesche (1921-1998) was a Dutch visual artist, known for his paintings, gouaches and graphics. He mainly made landscapes, still lifes and Biblical scenes in an expressionist, almost abstract style.
Defesche belonged to the 'Amsterdamse Limburgers' together with Ger Lataster, Jef Diederen, Lei Molin, Pierre van Soest, Frans Nols and Harry op de Laak. This was a group of Limburg artists who first studied at the Middelbare Kunstnijverheidsschool in Maastricht and later studied together at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam during the war years. In Amsterdam, Defesche was strongly influenced by his teacher Heinrich Campendonk.
In 1947 Defesche was awarded the Royal Subsidy for Painting, in 1949 he received the Prix de Rome and in 1964 the European Prize for Painting from the City of Ostend. In 2006 widow Dollie Defesche-Bakker donated all the artworks left by her husband to the Museum van Bommel van Dam in Venlo. The Centraal Museum Utrecht and the Bonnefanten Museum Maastricht also have works by Defesche in their collections