Johan van Hell (Amsterdam 1889 - 1952) Transvaalplein, Amsterdam Signed and dated '16 lower right Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 58.3 cm Provenance: - Collection mr. H.F. Wijnman - Collection J. Vecht, Amsterdam - Collection Meentwijck, Bussum - Auction Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 3 June 1997, lot 575 - Van der Hoop Bankiers, Amsterdam Exhibited: Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Amsterdam vereeuwigd 1901-2001, 1 June - 2 September 2001 Literature: T. Reijnders a.o., Johan van Hell 1889-1952, Terra / Lannoo, Warnsveld, 2005, p. 79 (ill) Note: The houses depicted on this painting were designed in 1912 by the prominent Dutch architect H.P. Berlage, commissioned by the Algemene Woningbouw Vereniging (‘general housing association’). Upon the completion of this painting the so-called ‘Transvaal’ neighbourhood was very modern and until 1940 it was regarded as a typical Jewish working-class neighbourhood. The church tower in the background of the painting belongs to the Reformed Rehoboth Church. The church was located on the Zacharias Jansestraat (formerly called Paul Krugerstraat) and Willem Beukelsstraat (at the time of the painting it was still the M.A. de Ruijterstraat) and dates from 1907-1908, however was demolished in 1972. From 1915 to 1927, Johan van Hell and his wife lived close to Transvaalplein in Majubastraat 27-III. In 1916 the area around this church was mostly undeveloped land. Van Hell overlooked the Transvaalplein from his dwelling and in the further distance the tower of the Rehoboth Church.
Johan van Hell (Amsterdam 1889 - 1952) Transvaalplein, Amsterdam Signed and dated '16 lower right Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 58.3 cm Provenance: - Collection mr. H.F. Wijnman - Collection J. Vecht, Amsterdam - Collection Meentwijck, Bussum - Auction Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 3 June 1997, lot 575 - Van der Hoop Bankiers, Amsterdam Exhibited: Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Amsterdam vereeuwigd 1901-2001, 1 June - 2 September 2001 Literature: T. Reijnders a.o., Johan van Hell 1889-1952, Terra / Lannoo, Warnsveld, 2005, p. 79 (ill) Note: The houses depicted on this painting were designed in 1912 by the prominent Dutch architect H.P. Berlage, commissioned by the Algemene Woningbouw Vereniging (‘general housing association’). Upon the completion of this painting the so-called ‘Transvaal’ neighbourhood was very modern and until 1940 it was regarded as a typical Jewish working-class neighbourhood. The church tower in the background of the painting belongs to the Reformed Rehoboth Church. The church was located on the Zacharias Jansestraat (formerly called Paul Krugerstraat) and Willem Beukelsstraat (at the time of the painting it was still the M.A. de Ruijterstraat) and dates from 1907-1908, however was demolished in 1972. From 1915 to 1927, Johan van Hell and his wife lived close to Transvaalplein in Majubastraat 27-III. In 1916 the area around this church was mostly undeveloped land. Van Hell overlooked the Transvaalplein from his dwelling and in the further distance the tower of the Rehoboth Church.
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