Notable achievements and associations Jakob Smits

maternity in red

jakob smits moved blaricum , in haarlem becomes director of nijverheids- en decoratieschool (e: industry , decoration school). got know albert neuhuys, painter of hague school, , made excursions drenthe , campine in belgium. jakob smits became impressed campine landscape , established himself in 1888, definitively in achterbos (mol). paid 2,000 belgian francs small farm developed malvinahof. in same year married malvina dedeyn, daughter of brussels lawyer, disinherited because of marriage. smits lived in poverty while worked tirelessly calls simple work, symbolic, poetic , real. in 1897, received gold medal exhibitions of large water-colour paintings on gold background in munich , dresden. painted many portraits, of malvina , of children boby, marguerite , kobe. in 1899 destiny struck: in few days lost daughter alice , wife. in 1901, smits married josine van cauteren. in same year held first individual exposition in antwerp. there obtained praise of colleagues , critics found no buyers work. exhibited work de vader van de veroordeelde (e: father of convict) acquired later year museum of brussels.

spring

smits financial situation improved somewhat, family put heavily on test. in 1903 both parents ruined robbery , result, had 9 family members maintain. @ request of municipal authorities of mol, in 1907 smits arranged international exhibition of artists came paint landscapes in mol , surroundings. artist paula van rompa-zenke belonged arranging committee. there no less 68 painters participating, germans, dutch, , americans coming mol. term molse school born. in 1910, smits published album 25 engravings, dedicated queen elisabeth. in 1912, young dirk baksteen became student of smits.

in 1914, smits stopped production of art work. became president of comité voor hulpverlening en voedselvoorziening van het canton mol (e: committee assistance , food supplies of canton mol). after world war continued work totally new vision , style engraver , painter. 1923 health deteriorated. smits suffered painful cancer of jaw.