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Johan Meijer (Amsterdam 1885 - 1970 Laren NH)
Laren School
The painter Johan Meijer was among others a pupil of AM Gorter. For seven years he was his assistant, helping to clean brushes and repair canvases. After that he went to Paris and Brussels to study.
In 1912 he settled in Blaricum and since then he mainly chose the Gooiersgracht as his subject. In all kinds of weather conditions he captured the trees and the water. Especially birch trees and pollard willows. He had a great love for trees, his own garden looked like a forest.
Johan Meijer taught WJ Koppius and AJ Smetz.
Literature: Albert Plasschaert 'Dutch Painting'
Meijer lived and worked in Amsterdam until 1912, then in Laren until 1925 (at Zandgat 906, Address Book: Laren-Blaricum 1916) and then on the Heideweg in Blaricum.
Johan Meijer was a member of 'Arti et Amicitiae', 'St. Lucas' and the Dutch Art Circle. He exhibited at the exhibition 'Kunst van heden' in 1939 in the Rijksmuseum.
Museums: including Singer Museum Laren
Info: Lexicon Pieter A. Scheen, RKD, Wikipedia, Valk Lexicon