Albert HEMELMAN
 (Neede, 1883 – Amsterdam, 1951)

 Jay Study
 Oil on cardboard
 Signed lower right
 28 x 37 cm

 Albert Hemelman was born on January 7, 1883 in the province of Gelderland in Neede in the center-east of Holland, close to the German border.

 The son of a blacksmith, Albert left at the age of twenty against his parents' wishes for Amsterdam and entered the National School of Applied Arts in 1905; then two years at the Rijksakademie followed. He was a student of the masters Pieter Dupont, Klaas van Leeuwen, George Sturm and Nicolas van der Waav. In the course of his artistic work, Albert travelled regularly to Norway, Iceland and Spitsbergen, but Amsterdam remained his home port throughout his life. His favourite subjects included views of ports, industrial landscapes, urban landscapes and still lifes to which we can attach our study. Skilled in oils as well as in lithography and drawing, he produced a good number of posters and book illustrations in addition to his easel paintings.

 Given the quality of his work, major Dutch art buyers called upon him for their orders, including Amro-Bank and Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd.

 He was a member of the Academy of St. Luke and the Arti et Amicitiae, both in Amsterdam, and was the teacher of Henk Henriët (1903-1945).

 Hemelman died in Amsterdam on January 25, 1951.