Marinus Heijnes (8 March 1888 in

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– 12 February 1963 in De Kaag) was a Dutch impressionist artist who painted in the tradition of the Dutch Hague School. Heijnes had visited and painted in Switzerland (

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), Italy, France (

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) and Sweden. Much of his work is about the Dutch lakeside near his village

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Education and work

Heijnes had his education at the Quellinusschool in Amsterdam. Most of his colourful work was made in oil on canvas or

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. Heijnes worked '

en plein air ''En plein air'' (; French language, French for 'outdoors'), or plein-air painting, is the act of painting outdoors. This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look. The theory of 'En plein ai ...

' which means painted outdoors. Heijnes was a member of Kunst Zij Ons Doel in

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. Heijnes's work was included in the 1939 exhibition and sale '' Onze Kunst van Heden'' (Our Art of Today) at the

Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum () is the national museum of the Netherlands dedicated to Dutch arts and history and is located in Amsterdam. The museum is located at the Museum Square in the borough of Amsterdam South, close to the Van Gogh Museum, the S ...

in Amsterdam. Marinus Heijnes was father of the aquarellist Theodoor Heynes.

References

Bibliography

* , Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750-1950, 1970 * , Lexicon van Nederlandsche Schilders en Beeldhouwers 1870–1940, 1944 * , Allgemeinem Lexikon der bildenden Künstler des XX. Jahrhunderts * , Beeldend Nederland : biografisch handboek, 1993

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* 1888 births 1963 deaths Dutch landscape painters Painters from Amsterdam People from Kaag en Braassem 20th-century Dutch painters Dutch male painters 20th-century Dutch male artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub