Dingemans, Jan (1921 – 2001)

Jan Dingemans was born in 1921 in Breda, The Netherlands. He presents two personalities in his painting; the
one is exploratory, seeking new forms in familiar still-life and nude subject matter. The other better-known,
image is popular and manneristic. In works of the latter order, Dingemans concentrates on only slightly varying
compositions of African tribal figures, in which he compromises with contemporary idioms by providing an
amorphous, rainbow coloured, abstract background, upon which he superimposes the linear, stylized groups of
human subjects. Jan Dingemans passed away in 2001.

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Johannes Wilhelmus Dingemans

Born: 1921 Breda, The Netherlands

Died: 2001

Resided in SA from 1948. A Painter of figures, still life and abstract pictures. Works in oil.

Studies: 1943-45 Academy of Art, Tilburg, The Netherlands, gaining a teaching Diploma; 1946 Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten en de Hogere Intituten, Antwerp, Belgium.

Exhibitions: He participated in numerous group exhibitions in The Netherlands, SA and the USA; 1956 and 1960 Quadrennial Exhibitions.

Represented: African and primitive Art, Nwe York, USA; Hester Rupert Art Museum, Graaff-Reinet; William Annandale Art Gallery, Lichtenburg.