Bertus Jonkers (1920-2001) - Kribben in de Lek

For Jonkers, holidays and free time also mean work and you can easily take a watercolor block with you. At the farm on the Lek near Vianen where his then parents-in-law lived, he made a series of watercolors of the water, the ships, the sand holes and the groynes in the early 1970s. The work is contained in a passe-partout and a neat frame.

Jonkers was without a doubt one of the most intriguing artists in his home city of Utrecht of the past century. At his home, between 1989 and 1992, Jonkers built a miniature metropolis. He made miniature buildings and other elements of a city from sand, plaster, glue and all kinds of small materials, which together gave shape to a metropolis. This creative interpretation of a metropolis became known as the "Ideal City", but is also known as the "City of Devotion". In 1990, this art creation was shown in the Central Museum of Utrecht and in 1992 the museum purchased a large part of this miniature construction.

Jonkers' work is collected by, among others, the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Centraal Museum Utrecht and by private collectors worldwide.

In 2016, several etchings by Jonkers were exhibited in the Rembrandt House during the exhibition "under the spell of Hercules Segers - Rembrandt and the moderns" a tribute to Hercules Segers (1589/90-1633/40) in collaboration with. the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam and the Hercules Segers Foundation

Provenance: Dutch private collection

During the auction, Bertus' work can be viewed by appointment in the center of Utrecht.