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Beautiful watercolor by the Delft painter Pieter Cornelis Kramer 1879 - 1940, signed. watercolor on paper The size of the work is H. 48 X W. 38 cm, size of the passe partout is H. 67 X W. 56 cm, with frame 85 x 68 cm. This work is a view of Delft, Oosterstraat with in the background 2 towers of the Maria van Jesse church and the Nieuwe Kerk
His work is included in the permanent collection of Museum het Prinsenhof in Delft and Museum Rotterdam. PIET KRAMER He wants to live big and compelling. Draftsman and painter Piet Kramer works for a while in Paris, goes hungry and returns to his hometown. Once back in Delft, he established himself as a painter. He does this successfully, although he still regularly muses about his years in the French capital. Pieter Cornelis Kramer (1879-1940) is a son of Trijntje van der Gaag and carpenter and bricklayer Cornelis Kramer. He initially works for his father in the business, but is actually too restless for that. After his military service he is unemployed and ends up with BA Bongers, a hand drawing teacher at the HBS. He learns the principles of drawing from him, and he refines his technique at the Polytechnic School with Karel Sluyterman. In 1900 Kramer leaves for Paris. There he worked for three years as a decorative painter in numerous studios. That learning time makes a big impression. Years later he reminisces about his French adventure in the Delftse Courant: 'My dear, that was your pure vie de Bohème there. Work hard, as long as you feel like it, then scramble and starve. But live, live! Oh, that was a time.' Back from Paris, Kramer works as a stage painter in the theaters of Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Brussels, among others. In 1907 he rents a house at the Begijnhof in Delft with artists Cornelis Jan Mension and Louis Bron. From that studio, Kramer travels throughout the city. He makes dozens of sketches and studies of striking street corners. Delft is a perfect place for artists in those years, partly because of the Technische Hogeschool that attracts gifted students and teachers from all over the country. Kramer can make a living from his work as an artist. He regularly exhibits with the Delft Art Circle, is a member of the Pulchri Studio in The Hague and can eventually even afford a house on the chic Nieuwe Plantage. The Parisian bohemian has become an established Delft artist.