Bertus de Meij - Geweldig (groot) olieverf "Amsterdam afbraak Waterlooplein buurt ivm Metro" - Sold

LARGE oil on canvas painting depicting the demolition of the Waterlooplein neighborhood for the construction of the Metro. Painted by the Amsterdam artist Bertus de Meij (1915-1994). The canvas is in very good condition and is signed and dated on both the front and the back.

Albertus Marinus de Meij was born April 12, 1915 in Amsterdam. He received his training as a visual artist at the Institute for Applied Arts Education and at the State Academy of Art in Amsterdam (teachers: JH Jurres and GBJ Westermann). He painted, watercolored and drew (also pen) landscapes, cityscapes and portraits in a modern-figurative style. His paintings generally have a fairly light touch and sunny colours. He often painted his landscapes outdoors. Bertus de Meij roamed through Italy and France for 20 years and lived for some time in Menton and Paris, France. For many years he was a member of the Amsterdam Artists' Association Arti et Amicitiae, De Brug and St. Lucas. In 1969 he won the Grand Prix d'Et_ de Medaille d'Or in Nice in the landscape category. From 1987 Bertus de Meij lived in the Rosa Spier Huis in Laren, where he died on 12 May 1994.