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Pieter Wenning 1873 (The Hague, Holland) – 1921
Lived/Active South Africa
The eldest son of a Friesland family with long artistic associations; his father dealt in prints and artists' materials; during his school years the family moved to Leeuwarden, where a noted local artmaster, H Bubberman, encouraged his drawing ability and helped him to appreciate the works of Dutch painters in the local gallery; Pieter Wenning was not a robust youth, however, and his parents persuade (showing 500 of 6760 characters). |