Willem Fekken - spring bouquet with violets

Willem Fekken was a pupil of JC Ritsema in Laren and of the School of Applied Arts in Amsterdam. He lived and worked in Amsterdam and, from 1929, in Hilversum.
Willem Fekken also traveled to Paris, the South of France, and the South of Germany, where he painted and made watercolors extensively.
Willem Fekken developed into an exceptionally gifted painter and watercolorist after attending the Art Academy in Amsterdam. His paintings are executed in an impressionistic style and feature particularly beautiful colors. His floral still lifes are highly decorative and playful, displaying visible skill in painting many different types of flowers and plants. Much of Willem Fekken's work was sold through Galerie Koch in Amsterdam, while he also participated in exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Willem Fekken was a member of the Association for Visual Arts “Hilversum” and of “St. Lucas” in Amsterdam.