Jaak van Wijck

Who was Jaak van Wijck?

Jacobus Johannes Wilhelmus van Wijck was a notable Dutch painter.

Van Wijck painted landscapes in "de Kempen" and in Noord-Brabant during the first half of the twentieth century.

He frequently painted locations on the Kalmthoutse Heide close Antwerp. Van Wijck also painted at Ginneken, a village close to Breda, where he painted the river De Mark along with other landmarks.

As a student of the "Stedelijk Tekeninstituut", located in the city Breda, he received several awards. More later, on the "Koninklijke Academie voor Schoone Kunsten" in Antwerp and the "Hooger Gesticht" there, he was notable again by winning prizes, e.g. in 1895, when he was awarded with two particular medals "on behalf of Léopold II Roi des Belges".

In 1903, shortly after his studies in Breda, he showed his work at the famous "Salon Triennal des Beaux-Arts" in Brussels. He also displayed his art in several salons in Antwerp.

In addition to his work as an independent artist, Van Wijck manufactured glass in lead with his partner Jozef Gussenhoven, in the Vinkenstraat in Antwerp often in Jugendstil/Art Deco.