JAN OLYSLAGER
ARCHIVE

Welcome to the archive of the work of Jan Olyslager. Through the years a lot of material that has captured the life of Jan Olyslager has been preserved . By scrolling down we will take you through a selection of letters, launches and exhibitions, photographs and news articles. The images and film material come mostly from his personal archive. Click on a document in order to view it or play .

 

  • Jan Olyslager in a nutshell

    Jan Olyslager

     

     

    Birth name - Jan Adrianus Olyslager

    Place of birth: The Hague

     

    2 September 1926- 27 June 2010

     

    J.A. Olyslager

     

     

    Study: Free Academy Psychopolis, The Royal Academy of fine arts. Henk Meijer pupil.

     

     

    Contemporaries: Willem Hussum, Jaap Nanninga, Wim Sinemus, Nol Kroes, Jos van den Berg, Theo Bitter, Kees van Bohemen. Some whom he formed the Posthoorngroep with.

    Jan Olyslager exhibited in 1957 with, among others, Gerard Fieret and Ton Hoogendoorn.

     

     

    awards, grants and prizes:

     

     

    1947 - Scholarship Vrije Academie

     

     

    Royal Grant

     

     

    1953 - Willink Collen Prize, Amsterdam.

     

     

    Members of the Hague Art Circle Pulchri Studio, BBK - Professional Association for Visual Arts in Amsterdam.

     

     

    His work is in the Royal Collection, museums, public collections and private collections. Is listed the “Pieter

    Scheen ” Lexicon of dutch painters.

    1750-1950 (1969-1970).

  • Archivebox Paintings and Drawings

    Reference + inventory

  • ABK MTS registration documents (1948)

    Various ABK MTS Documents of Jan Olyslager.

  • ABK study guide (ca.1948)

    A number of pages from the course guide of the ABK.

  • Evidence of enrollment ABK (1947 - 1949)

    Evidence of subscriptions Jan Olyslager on the free academy of fine arts.

     

     

     

    After following evening classes in drawing and painting at the academy during 1945 -1946, Jan Olyslager received a scholarship for the ´Vrije Academie´ in 1947. In 1948 he was admitted to the Royal Academy of Visual Arts in The Hague where, given his talent and pre-studies, was placed directly in fourth grade by Mr. Meyer. During this period he completed many model drawings and Still Lifes. Also during this time period he made a study trip to Switzerland and worked as an advertising designer in the Netherlands. In 1950 he received a scholarship for a study trip through France, along with collegue student Aart van den IJssel.

  • Invitation (ca. 1957)

    Invitation for exhibition Olyslager Jan 1957.

  • Newspaper article (1957)

    Newspaper article from the Haagsche Courant in 1957.

  • Newspaper article (ca. 1958?)

    Brief metion in this newspaper article.

  • Invitation exibition (1958)

    Invitation for Jan Olyslager's exhibition opening at the square in 1958.

  • Art class (ca. 1970)

    Two photos of a typical class of students of Jan around 1970.

  • Wedding invitation design (ca. 1970)

    Design for a wedding invitation by Jan Olyslager.

  • Picture grandson (1991)

    Pictures of Jan Olyslager' grandson Kit Verdijk at Gallerie Zagwijn in The Hague.

  • Article in Kiosk (1991)

    Article on the occasion of the Jubilee Exposition of Jan Olyslager.

  • Jan in his studio (ca. 1994)
  • Jan in his studio (ca. 1994)
  • Jan in his studio (ca. 1994)
  • Openingspeech John Sillevis (2001)

    Handwritten speech by John Sillevis which he wrote for the opening of Jan Olyslager's exhibition in 2001.

     

    Click here for the translated speech

     

  • Father & daughter exibition (2001)

    Exhibition of paintings by Jan and ceramic works of daughter Anita Olyslager.

  • New Hague School Exibition (2003)

    Verve, Fugare and the Posthoorngroep in the Municipal Museum

  • Young Gods do not age (ca. 2002 - 2004)
  • Jan is still working (ca. 2002 - 2004)
  • Jan media star (ca. 2002 - 2004)
  • Jan and politics (ca. 2002 - 2004)
  • Jan checks his signature (ca. 2002 - 2004)
  • Jan with his inseperable drink. (ca. 2002 - 2004)

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