Eduard Heijmans - Maman célibataire - Sold

Eduard Hendrik Heijmans was known as a Dutch painter, born in 1912. After the Second World War, he settled in Aerdenhout with his new wife M. Heijmans-Besier. The couple raised a daughter named Jacinta Heijmans. Because of his background as a cellist and wood technician, Heijmans started his career in 1948 as an antique dealer. From 1958 he started to paint himself. He was completely devoted to his work, which manifested itself first figuratively and later more abstractly. His contemporaries included De Haan, Wagemaker, Van Odyck and Slingervoet. Painters such as Verpoorten, Hannes Postma and Kees Okx can also be associated with him. We still have three scrapbooks left by Heijmans, in which he has followed his art publications, photography and letters about art.
Heijmans was also involved in the field of poetry. Between 1964 and 1968 he published four books of poetry. His last work, Tutti Frutti à la Mort, was published in 1973, after Heijmans had already passed away.
In 1967 the artist moved to Amsterdam. A year later, he married fellow artist Nuray Atas, with whom he raised his second daughter, Emilia Heijmans. Heijmans died in 1972, at the age of 60. His work is currently in the collections of many museums and renowned galleries, mainly in Amsterdam.