Jan Kelderman / Jill Klappe / J.L. Kleintjes / Willem Alexander Knip / Koetjes (Cows) / Henri Kokken

This Dutch painter made a lot of works but of uneven quality.

In this painting he absolutely succeeded. It a widely spread
believe that other painters worked for him as well.
He just putted on his own signature.
Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 50 - 65 cm.

Jill Klappe

Of course Still lifes are that much produced that

it seems to be of less importance to publish them.

However I allways look at the skills sometimes

found in this specific subject. To my believe in this

oil painting they are certainly there. In fact Jill Klappe

was a housepainter and founded his own business

in Zwolle (The Netherlands) and in fact it still

exists. Oil on Canvas. Dimensions: 50 / 70 cm.

J.L. (Jan) Kleintjes (1872 - 1955)

The approach of painting landscapes by this dutch painter

is quite interesting as he combines photographical elements

(the water expression) with a more impressionistic style.

His skills are obvious in this piece anyway.

Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 59 / 74 cm.

As opposed to his skills as a painter his "writer' part

is not that developed....

Willem Alexander Knip ( 1883 - 1967 )

One of the better works from this Dutch painter in which

he captures the winter atmosphere in a rustique way.

Depicted here is the Orthen Convent in 's Hertogenbosch

(The Netherlands) He made several works from different

angles of this subject. You are able to find more works

by googlin' on the internet wit his name and the addition

"Christies" as they auctioned some beautiful works from

his hand as well in the past. Oil on Canvas: 50 /60 cm.

Another picture with a slightly different light approach.

The details that are worth an observation. This convent

has been completely rebuilt after 1945. As Knip painted

this in 1940 this was the original situation with a very

unique roof construction on the left.

And another detail in wgich can be seen he painted the 

sky with thinned paint, probably in order to get that subtle

light effect he has reached here.

Another detail that can be compared with the photo

here beyond.

His signature was always placed in about the same

manner: W.A. Knip and a year of production. Willem

Alexander Knip was a member of the "Larense"  School.

Koetjes

This very small painting on panel is believed to be influenced

by "De Haagse School". It has no signature or the few

black stripes on the lower right could be read as one.

Typical Dutch and in a nice fluid style.

Dimensions: 20 - 25 cm.

Henri Kokken

At first this was a riddle as there was no signature in the

lower right corner nor in the left. Surprise was that there

was a monogram placed right in the lower middle in

the basket. Being quite an older work as the canvas 

attests and the way these prefixes have been placed the

way Henri Kokken puts the "H"  and the "K" in his

signature compared, this must be a genuine Henri

Kokken. Moreover still life and fruits were his

subjects. Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 42 / 48 cm.

The first picture shows us some minors: places where the

paint came of maybe due to the absence of an adhesive layer.

First thing to do is still to clean the whole painting as more

than often some extra pieces of paint will come off.

Carefully controlling these areas and remove old paint

where necessary is the most easy option. We wouldn't

do that with a van Gogh of course. Then gesso has to be

placed on the bare canvas (which is a precarious move)

at all the spots where necessary. Making the color and

keeping in mind that it will darken a bit and following

the way the painter puts on his brushstrokes. Kokken

at first worked very precisely but later in a more 

impressionistic way as can be seen here. Therefore

this work is lively and lush and reminds us a but of

the Paul Cezanne apples and other fruits.