Nicolaas Pieneman (1880-1938)

Pieneman was born in Amsterdam, the son of Nicolaas Pieneman (1853-1945) and his wife Herremijntje (born de Hondt; 1849-1939). Both his father and his grandfather, Dirk Pieneman, were house painters. Both Nicolaas and his younger sister Johanna Pieneman (1889-1986) chose art as a profession.[2]

Pieneman, like his sister Johanna, trained at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) in Amsterdam as a pupil of Carel Dake and Nicolaas van der Waay. He continued his training at the international painting studio of Amsterdam under the direction of Martin Monnickendam.[3]

He lived and worked in Amsterdam, apart from short periods in London (1912-1913) and Zeist (1913-1914). Pieneman painted and drew city- and townscapes, portraits and landscapes, principally in Amsterdam and surroundings. He joined the artists' groups Sint-Lucas and De Onafhankelijken ("The Independents"). With both groups he exhibited numerous works in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and in 1933 a self-portrait,[4] which, together with a number of other paintings, was given by his son to the nation (Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed).[5]

He submitted work (a painting entitled Régates à la Voile) for the art competition of the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, as did his former tutors Monnickendam and van der Waay.[6]

Pieneman died on his 58th birthday, 1 December 1938.

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  Amsterdam-Betondorp in aanbouw (1925), Amsterdam Museum
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  Centraal Station Amsterdam
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  Dames op de brug
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  Meisje in gras
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  Oosterpark met Tropenmuseum
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  Roeiwedstrijd op de Amstel