Kunst zij ons doel, or KZOD, (English: ''Art be our aim'') is the name of an artists club in the Waag, Haarlem.
History
The Society was founded in 1821 as the continuation of the ' Haarlemse Teekenacademie', established in 1772 by
Cornelis van Noorde
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Biography
He was born in 1731, in Haarlem. According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, he was the son of R ...
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Tako Hajo Jelgersma
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Biography
According to the RKD-Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis, Jelgersma moved to Haarlem in 1757.
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Hendrik de Meijer
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Biography
Meijer was born in Amsterdam in 1744, though Abraham Jacob van der Aa gave his date of birth as 1737. According to the RKD he was first a memb ...
Leendert Overbeek Leendert is a Dutch given name. Notable people with this name include:
* Leendert van Beijeren (1619–1649), Dutch painter
* Leendert Bosch (1924–2017), Dutch biochemist
* Leen Buis (1906–1986), Dutch road cyclist, given name Leendert
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Pieter Teyler van der Hulst
Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (25 March 1702 – 8 April 1778) was a wealthy Dutch Mennonite merchant and banker, who died childless, leaving a legacy of two million florins (in today's terms: about EUR 80 million) to the pursuit of religion, art ...
, who was one of the directors. After Teyler died they moved to the Warmoesstraat around the corner. That society was started as a drawing academy that was connected to the
Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
The Haarlem Guild of Saint Luke was first a Christian, and later a city Guild for various trades falling under the patron saints Luke the Evangelist and Saint Eligius.
History
During the lifetime of Geertgen tot Sint Jans, there was probably a ...
. The drawing academy ran into financial difficulties when the guilds were disbanded in 1794. It died entirely when its most fervent leader,
Cornelis van Noorde
Cornelis van Noorde (1731 – 1795) was an 18th-century landscape painter and draughtsman from the Northern Netherlands.
Biography
He was born in 1731, in Haarlem. According to the Netherlands Institute for Art History, he was the son of R ...
, died in 1795.
His friend and co-director,
Wybrand Hendriks
Wybrand Hendriks (June 24, 1744, Amsterdam – January 28, 1831, Haarlem) was a Dutch painter, primarily known for his portraits, and the concierge of the Teylers Museum.
Biography
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, took the initiative to start a new society called the ''Teekencollegie.''''Kunst Zij Ons Doel; 175 jaar wel & wee van een Haarlemse kunstenaarsvereniging'', by Aart van der Kuijll, Stichting 175 Jaar Kunst Zij Ons Doel, 1996, Haarlem, Hendriks was curator of the
Teylers Museum
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, and he took over the inventory of plaster casts from the academie and set up a new educational group, which changed its name in 1809 to "Kunstmin en Vlijt". In 1820 a few artists left this group and started a new group called "Kunst Zij Ons Doel", and when "Kunstmin en Vlijt" closed down in 1826, this group became the only artist collective in Haarlem. The group attracted many young members in the first 50 years of its existence. From 1841 KZOD received 200 guilders a year from the
Teylers Stichting
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, when it moved its quarters to the Waag.
The "KZOD" is the oldest professional association of visual artists in the Netherlands still in existence today. Prominent artists who have worked there as members were
Andreas Schelfhout
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Schelfhout belongs to the Romantic movement. His Dutch winter scenes and frozen canals with skaters were already famous during hi ...
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Jan Hendrik van Borssum Buisman
Jan Hendrik van Borssum Buisman (1919, Haarlem – 23 February 2012, Haarlem), was a 20th-century painter from the Netherlands.
Biography
According to the RKD he was the son of Hendrik van Borssum Buisman.Hendrik Jacobus Scholten
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Biography
According to the RKD he was a pupil of Petrus Franciscus Greive and Lambertus Johannes Hansen.
Nico Schrier
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. After the First World War the society became less of an educational institution and more of a club. Exhibitions were organized in the Waag, and later in a new exhibition hall in the Frans Hals Museum. Regular exhibitions are now held at the Waag as a sales venue and curious visitors can peek out the windows over the Spaarne and view the scene of many KZOD drawing classes as they view the modern works on sale.
De Groep
In 1951 a group of members split off to form a new group, because they felt that younger artists, sculptors and etchers were not well represented. Prominent members of 'De Groep' were:
Jan Hendrik van Borssum Buisman
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Biography
According to the RKD he was the son of Hendrik van Borssum Buisman.Jules Chapon,
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Poppe Damave
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He was born in Groningen, but according to the RKD his parents moved to Haarlem when he was four, where he lived the rest of his life.Edgar Fernhout,
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Cor Hak
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Anton Heyboer
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Jan Meijer
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John Rädecker
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Wim Schuhmacher
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Charley Toorop
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Henri Frédéric Boot
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Poppe Damave
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Louis van Dijk
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Tine Honig
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Roelof Klein
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Anton L. Koster
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He was born in Amsterdam. According to the RKD he was a pupil of Henri Boot and 3rd prize winner of the Willink van Collen prize.Martinus Savrij,
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Andreas Schelfhout
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Hendrik Jacobus Scholten
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According to the RKD he was a pupil of Petrus Franciscus Greive and Lambertus Johannes Hansen.
Nico Schrier
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Wouter Verschuur
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Jan Visser
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Jan Bronner
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