Wim Heinecke, 1895 - 1978

Wim Heinecke 1895 -1978

Horses, Rotterdam

Oil on canvas

Dimensions: H 48 x W 58 cm

Wim Heinecke studied at the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts

A special composition and certainly considering the fact that Rotterdam was later bombed. Wim Heinecke mainly painted Rotterdam scenes such as ships in the ports of Rotterdam, tow carts and wagons, horses, streets, but also landscapes and still lifes with flowers. Heinecke was a board member of the Professional Association for Visual Artists for 21 years and he was one of the founders of the Artists' Society "De Eendracht".

RKD

Student of, among others Addicks, Christian Bautz, David Funke Küpper, Anton Heijberg, Johannes Gerardus Luns, Huib

Books Lexicon of Dutch visual artists, 1750-1950 [Scheen, 1969] [2-part] , vol. 1, p. 453 (as: Heinecke, Wilhelmus Hendrikus ('Wim');*)

Visual Benelux : biographical handbook , vol. 3 (2000), p. 25 (as: Heinecke, Wilhlmus Hendrikus (Wim))

Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon : die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker [Saur] , AKLONLINE (as: Heinecke, Wilhelmus Hendrikus)

Register of deaths at PA Scheen's lexicon, Dutch visual artists born 1750-1950 : year of birth 1881 or later - year of death before 1994 , p. 55

Visual Netherlands: biographical handbook {2}