Jeroen Brouwers Painting by Paul Meijering

Realistic painting in acrylic of the late Dutch writer Jeroen Brouwers, painted by the artist Paul Meijering - The original painting is 90 x 90 cm and available for sale.

Jeroen Godfried Maria Brouwers (Batavia, 30 April 1940 - Maastricht, 11 May 2022) was a Dutch writer, journalist and essayist.
He spent his childhood in Indonesia. After the Japanese invasion, he and part of his family ended up in a Japanese internment camp. His grandparents did not survive the internment camp. The family repatriated to the Netherlands in 1947 where his father - after a stay of several years in a Japanese prisoner of war camp - joined them in 1948.

After obtaining his Mulo diploma he worked for some time at a bank before entering military service. After his service he went to work in journalism. In 1964 he made his debut with the collection of short stories Het mes op de keel.

In 2018, Brouwers was awarded an honorary doctorate by Radboud University Nijmegen.
His new book "Client E. Busken" was published in February 2020 and won the Libris Literature Prize 2021. In honor of his eightieth birthday, the collection of letters 'To a Character' was published on April 30, 2020. In June 2022 Brouwers' autobiographical collection 'Alles echt gebeurd' will be published. Jeroen Brouwers died on May 11, 2022 at the age of 82.

This artwork is offered by Paul Meijering

For almost 33 years now, Paul Meijering has been active with the paint brushes. As a 17- year old inspired youngster he joined the Academy of Arts in Enschede (Holland) in order to receive a native training in drawing- and painting technique.

At that time (1980) the tendency of the abstract was running riot, and to his dismay and disappointment Paul found that the trade of the ancient masters was merely 'old hat', the realistic art being disregarded and looked down upon. After two years of useless botchery, there was only one conclusion to draw: 'get autodidact, be a self-taught person!' Paul then left the academy to work for a living, but at the back of his mind there always loomed the passion of his life: to paint. At his spare time he painted and his efforts are characteristic as far as man plays an important role are concerned, or to put it in his own words: 'Each human being tinkers at his own existence, it is the source of inspiration to explain the non-verbal by way of painting'.

The paintings attracted attention at various exhibitions and he was frequently approached by trades-people, hotel-keepers, merchants. These customers were for the most part interested in large wall-paintings and decorations. In the year 2000 the painter develops a speciality that's quite unique: he applies himself to paint football pictures. After a year he gets the chance to realize an open exhibition for an indefinite time as well with the Dutch Football Union 'KNVB' in Zeist as in

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