Johannes Frederik Engelbert ten Klooster
Woodcuts of Dutch East Indies
Johan Frederik Engelbert ten Klooster was a Dutch graphic designer and painter of Javanese-Dutch origin. He lived and worked in Java and Sumatra, in New Guinea, in The Hague (approx 1914-1915) and in Veere from May 1915. He was an officer with the KNIL, but after 1915 a full time artist. He is known mainly for his many woodcuts (175 are known) with predominantly the Dutch East Indies as a subject. He made these from memory and his sketchbooks during his Veere period . In addition he also painted in oil or Indian ink and paintbrush. His work was used to illustrate several books by Augusta de Wit, such as “Island-India”. An important part of his work is contained in the collections of the Tropenmuseum and the Prentenkabinet of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam.
Artworks by this artist (67 total)
- Bamboe 1920
- Maleische vrouw 1919
- Javaansche danseres 1920
- Buurtje te Veere 1883
- De haven te Veere 1883
- Moeras
- Papoeameisje 1930
- Zijaanzicht van de Borobudur 1920
- Papoea 1919
- Danseres 1919
- Appelbloesem 1922
- Illustratie voor Xenophon’s ‘Anabasis’ 1920
- Gezicht op het stadhuis van Veere 1883
- De dans 1921
- De kreek 1921
- De overwinnaar 1919
- Hindoedanseres 1919
- Sembah 1922
- Landschap, Midden-Java; Merbaboe, Merapi, Ello rivier
- Dansende Papoea’s 1921