Wim Steijn
{{short description|Dutch artist}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Wim Steijn
| image = 1975 Portret van Wim Steijn in Bentveld.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Portrait in Bentveld, c. 1975
|other_names =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|1|28|df=y}}
| birth_place = Assendelft, Netherlands
| death_date = {{death date and age|1980|8|23|1914|1|28|df=y}}
| death_place = Bentveld, Netherlands
| nationality = Dutch
| education =
| field = Painting
| training =
| movement =
| works =
| patrons =
| awards =
| spouse =
| website =
| partner =
}}
Wim Steijn (28 January 1914, Assendelft – 23 August 1980, Bentveld), was a Dutch painter.
Biography
File:Exterieur overzicht - 20000751 - RCE.jpg
Steijn first received training from Henk Gorter in Amsterdam before moving to Haarlem in 1935.
According to the RKD, he was a pupil of Henri Boot in 1937 and then studied for two years under Kees Verweij.[https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/74932 Wim Steijn] in the RKD Steijn's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale Onze Kunst van Heden (Our Art of Today) at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.{{cite web |title=Onze kunst van heden, 1939 - |url=https://www.artindex.nl/lexicon/default.asp?id=6&num=0933300087065090752012317007880100303300&relt=3001&limit=no&in= |website=Beeldend BeNeLux Elektronisch (Lexicon) |access-date= 16 January 2021}} He lived and worked in Assendelft, Oostzaan, Jisp and Wormer. After the war, he met and married Janna Koolman, who worked for Henriëtte Louise Posthuma, the owner of the estate Groot Bentveld. He lived with her in one of the side wings of the estate where he kept his workshop.[http://wimsteijn.nl/en/WimSteijn/index.html Wim Steijn] on website of the artist
In 1969 he was a member of the Haarlem artist society "De Groep", the Amsterdam Arti et Amicitiae, "Nederlandse Kring van Tekenaars", "De Keerkring", and "Beroepsvereniging van Beeldende Kunstenaars"(BBK) He signed his works "WSTEYN".
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.haarlemsekunstschilders.nl/welke-haarlemse-kunstschilders/wim-steijn/ Wim Steijn] on website "Haarlemse Kunstschilders"
{{Authority control (arts)}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Steijn, Wim}}
Category:Artists from Zaanstad