Co Breman

Ahazueros Jacobus Breman, known as Co (7 December 1865,

He then went to Amsterdam, where he joined the Guild of Saint Luke and Arti et Amicitiae. In 1897, based on the recommendations of his associates, he settled in Gooi. Then, he and several friends opened studios in an old brewery in Blaricum; becoming well known locally for their Bohemian lifestyles.^[3] Two years later, he had become successful enough to purchase a house, where their behavior became even more riotous. They were also regular visitors to a former pub owned by Jan Hamdorff [nl], a hotelier, Alderman and, most importantly, art dealer, who opened a gallery there in 1913.^[3]

He was the secretary of a local painter's club called "De Tien" (The Ten), that presented regular exhibitions. He also showed his works in Madrid, Berlin, London, San Francisco and Glasgow.^[4][3]

From 1913, he and his wife, the artist

• 
  The

  Reformed Church

  
  in Laren
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  View of Deventer
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  Woman at a Farm in Gooi
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  In the Garden

References

Further reading

• Carole Denninger-Schreuder: Schilders van Laren, Toth, Bussum, 2003.
  ISBN 978-90-686-8327-1
• W.P. de Vries jr: "Co Breman", from
  Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift, Vol.19, #37, 1909. [1]

External links

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• ArtNet: More works by Breman