Tjaarke Maas

Tjaarke Hendrika Maria Maas

"Self portrait with beads" mixed media , gold leaf on wood sm 34X24,5 Fiesole,Italy,2000
Born Tjaarke Hendrika Maas
October 26, 1974 (1974-10-26)
Lopik,(Prov.of Utrecht) Nederlands
Died June 26, 2004 (2004-06-27)
Assisi, Italy
Nationality Dutch
Known for Painting, Drawing, Etching

Tjaarke Hendrika Maria Maas (26 October 1974 – 26 June 2004) was a Dutch painter, whose work had started to be discovered in late 1990s, attracting attention of the general public and the critics, who wrote: "The works of Tjaarke Maas are of the highest order and are linked, in a contemporary manner, to the great Flemish artists of the past".[1] Her artwork had been exhibited in New York,[2] Jersey City, New Jersey (NJ),[3] Florence (Italy)[4][5] Moscow (Russia)[6][7] and St. Petersburg (Russia).[8][9][10]

Biography

Tjaarke Maas started to paint since her early childhood, in Tasmania, Australia, where her family had immigrated from the Netherlands. At the age of 17 she came back to Europe and went to Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, and later continued her studies in New York, where she was introduced to the art of icon painting. The Russian sacred art, literature and philosophy greatly influenced Maas' life and work.

At the age of 18, she was married, and to support her family began to work, as a model, travelling extensively throughout Europe, visiting Japan and Australia. Influences, especially of Japanese wood prints, could be traced in Maas' etchings and paintings.

After 1996 she lived in Florence, Italy, where she was accepted into the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. She graduated from in 2003 with diploma cum laude[11] and continued to paint intensively and to work on icons. She combined writing about icons with studying the theology of the image — these forms the basis of her personal spiritual pursuit. At the same time, she also wrote poetry, prose and fairy-tales for children.[12] She produced more than 500 artwork, consisting of paintings, etchings, drawings and sketches.

Final years

At age 26, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. A few years later, Maas found refuge in the forests surrounding the Hermit Monastery of St. Francis of Assisi (Eremo del Carcere) to continue her work on icons as commissioned by the priest Don Gino. She died of a fall from one of the slopes of Monte Subasio, where she was found on 8 July 2004 at age 30. In a small cave, where Maas dwelt, her work on the unfinished icon was found — it was an icon of the Transfiguration.

Works

Portraits

Birds

Still life

Icons

References

  1. ↑ Prof. Francesco Adorno President of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Tjaarke Maas Opere-Works 1999-2004, Edizioni Polistampa 2005, p7
  2. ↑ 2004 - Grand Gallery, SoHo, New York USA
  3. ↑ 2004 - Rotunda Gallery, City Hall, Jersey City, NJ, USA
  4. ↑ 1999- Solo. “Piccioni”, Pane e Vino, Florence, Italy
  5. ↑ 2005 - Tjaarke Maas, Opere 1999-2004, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno, Florence, Italy
  6. ↑ Tjaarke Maas, Маcтерская (Masterskaya) 1996–2004 The Moscow State Museum of M. Bulgakov, Russia
  7. ↑ Krielaars, Michel (24 May 2009). "Tjaarke Maas schildert Buelgakov". NRC Handelsblad.
  8. ↑ Tjaarke Maas, Pilgrim, 1996-2004, The State Museum of Anna Akhmatova, St. Petersburg, Russia
  9. ↑ "Пилигрим с итальянским акцентом" Вадим МИХАЙЛОВ, (news-paper article) Санкт-Петербургские Ведомости, Выпуск № 086 от 15.05.2009
  10. ↑ Выставка работ Чаркэ Маас "Пилигрим". (article) 5 мая 2009, http://www.museum.ru/N36558
  11. ↑ Tjaarke Maas Thesis “Un’introduzione alle tecniche ed ai significati dell’ICONOGRAFIA RUSSO-BIZANTINA”
  12. ↑ Tjaarke Maas, Pilgrim, 1996-2004, ИПЦ СПбГУТД, St.Petersburg 2009, pp15,16,20,28,30,34,38,42,49,62,64,70,74,78

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