Studio: international art (17.1899)

Studio-Talk

“ medusa’s head ”

MSTERDAM.—On June 25 last there
died at Amsterdam one of the most
sympathetic of the younger Dutch
sculptors. Jan Hendrik Baars was
born in Amsterdam on August 4,
1875, and studied under Bart van Hove, Professor
Ludwig Jiinger, and Professor Ferdinand Leenhoff.

At the time of the coronation of the present
Queen of Holland, Baars’ name came before the
public for the first time. In the competition for a
coronation medal he obtained the second prize,
and was entrusted by her Majesty with the task of
modelling the new royal medals, awarded on the
Queen’s authority at exhibitions, &c.

In these examples it is plainly observable that the
artist, bound by his instructions, is still influenced
by the traditions of the Academy and its scholastic
forms. When, however, about a year later, he was
allowed to give free utterance to his own imagination
and instincts, his work shows proof of the original
talent of which he was undoubtedly possessed.

Amongst these later works mention must be

2S0

BY HERMANN URBAN

made of the plaquette with bust of Baron
B. W. F. van Riemsdyk, head keeper of the Royal
Museum at Amsterdam, and the medal with bust
of Professor F. Leenhoff, both of which are here

MEDAL

BY J. H. BAARS