Willem Cornelis Bauer
Willem Cornelis Bauer | |
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Born | 31 July 1862 The Hague, Netherlands |
Died | April 24, 1904 Hilversum, Netherlands | (aged 41)
Nationality | Dutch |
Known for | Painting, etching and architecture |
Notable work | Walden, Villa Eikenhof |
Willem Cornelis Bauer (
[3]Life course
Youth and education
Like his younger brother painter Marius Bauer, Willem Cornelis Bauer was born in an art-loving environment, the children learned to draw at an early age. His father, George Hendrik Bauer,[4] was a decorator and his mother, Maria Suzanne Verpoorten, came from a family of painters.
Bauer studied at the
Bauer works for a period as a designer at the architectural firm Salm in Amsterdam, where he also lived.[6]
Fame
Bauer lived temporarily in America at a young age, in the town of Elizabeth in the state of New Jersey. There he eventually became known for his paintings and watercolors of landscapes.[7]
Bauer was best known in
From 1891, he used late Gothic Islamic and Byzantine style elements in his designs. Although he used his talent to make many competition designs for a church, concert hall, theater and congress buildings, he did not want to compromise and possibly adapt his designs at the request of others. The jury often found his designs unconventional, which meant that he had little success in this field.[9]
In the Netherlands, in the course of the nineties of the 19th-century, the idea of fair, rural architecture was picked up, just as with the English
Death
At the end of his life he suffered from
List of buildings
- Bussum
- Hut, van Frederik van Eeden, Frans Kampweg 22 (circa 1898), moved in 1908[15]
- Villa De Maerle, Nieuwe 's-Gravelandseweg 77 (1898)[16]
- Hut, van Carry van Hoogstraten, Nieuwe 's-Gravelandseweg 96 ( circa 1898)[17]
- Villa De Lelie, Nieuwe 's-Gravelandseweg 86, designed for Frederik van Eeden (1899)[18][19]
- House Boschlust, Nieuwe 's-Gravelandseweg 88, designed as a home for the colonies (1899)[20]
- House, French Kampweg 22, designed for Truida Everts (second wife Frederik van Eeden) (1899)[21]
- Villa Eikenhof, Regentesselaan 39, designed for Jo Bongers and Johan Cohen Gosschalk (1901)
- House, Frans Kampweg 2, has been inhabited by the Reverend Anne de Koe from the Kolonie Walden (1902), renovated in 1912.[22]
- Blaricum
- Country house Thea, Torenlaan 13, designed for Jan Zoetelief Tromp (1900)[23]
- Bloemendaal/Aerdenhout
- Villa Stamboel, designed for his brother Marius Bauer (built 1901 - demolished )[24]
- Villa De Merel, Marius Bauerlaan 5 in Aerdenhout (1901)[25]
- House Gimli, Schulpweg 2, inhabited by Betsy van Vloten (demolished)[26]
- Villa Zonnehof, Bentveldsweg 102, in collaboration with H.C. Jorissen, designed for Nico van Suchtelen (1901)
- Villa Duinweide, Bentveldsweg 104 (1902)[27]
- Villa Rockaertsduin, Aerdenhoutsduinweg 13, designed for George Breitner (1902)[28]
Examples of painting, drawings and buildings designed by Willem Cornelis Bauer
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Christmas morn
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Etching Winter landscape
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Etching Midwinter
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Villa Eikenhof, Bussum
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House Boschlust, Bussum
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House, Bussum
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House, Colony Walden
Literature
- J.H.W. Leliman en K. Sluyterman, Het moderne landhuis in Nederland ( The Modern Countryhouse in the Netherlands), 1916.[29]
- Dutch Architecture 1893 - 1918, Architectura, Architecture Museum, Publisher Van Gennep Amsterdam 1975, ISBN 9789060123003.
- Walden in Droom en daad, Walden diaries, minutes of Frederik van Eeden et al. 1898-1903, (ed. J.S. De Ley and B. Luger). Publisher Huis aan de Drie Grachten, Amsterdam 1980.
- Nooit gebouwd Nederland (Never built Netherlands), Graphic Netherlands 1980, Idea and composition Cees de Jong, Frank den Oudsten and Willem Schilder, text Cees Nooteboom.
- The Art of Building: From Classicism to Modernity. International Ideas, Dutch Debate 1840-1900, Auke van der Woud 2001.
- Marius Bauer 1867-1932, Oogstrelend Oosters, Chapter 1, Youth pages 20 - 21, André Kraayenga, Waanders books Zwolle 2007, ISBN 978-9462582163.
References
- ^ "Bauer, W.C." database.historischekringbussum.nl. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ "Discover Architect, watercolorist, lithographer Willem Bauer". Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ "Willem Cornelis Bauer, Nederlandse architect en Amerikaanse kunstschilder" (PDF) (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-07.
- ^ "Ontdek schilder, decoratieschilder (van interieurs), glasschilder George Hendrik Bauer". rkd.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ Dutch Architecture 1893 - 1918, Architectura, page 5, Architecture Museum Amsterdam, Publisher Van Gennep 1975, ISBN 9789060123003
- ^ "Registration on July 31, 1862". openarch.nl. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ "Artist Info". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ "Walden by Frederik van Eeden". www.dbnl.org. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- ^ "A Forgotten Architectural Fantasist". Andrew Cusack. 2010-10-20. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ "Van boerderij tot landhuis in 'Gooise' stijl". www.historischeinterieursamsterdam.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ "De Hilversumsche Courant". Gooi & Vecht Historical Archive (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- ^ "Ons Bloemendaal". Krantenviewer Noord-Hollands Archief (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ "De Hilversumsche Courant". Gooi & Vecht Historical Archive (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-11-11.
- ^ https://www.gooieneembode.nl/nieuws/mensen/313176/eindelijk-krijgt-architect-walden-willem-cornelius-bauer-zijn
- ^ "Hof van Eden". www.monumentenregistererfgoed.nl. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Villa De Maerle". www.tgooi.info. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Hut of Carry van Hoogstraten". www.historischekringbussum.nl. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Villa De Lelie". www.monumentenregistererfgoed.nl. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Villa de Lelie". www.historischekringbussum.nl.
- ^ "Villa Boschlust". www.tgooi.info. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Hof van Eden". www.monumenten.nl. Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "House for reverend Walden". www.historischekringbussum.nl.
- ^ "House Thea, Six Architects".
- ^ "Villa Stamboel". Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Villa De Merel". Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "House Gimli". Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Villa Duinweide". Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "Villa Rockaersduin". Retrieved 2022-11-10.
- ^ "The Modern countryhouse in the Netherlands". Retrieved 2022-11-06.
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