Alles voor de Kunst: W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp Art deco presenting more than 250 carefully

presenting more than 250 carefully curated images alongside excerpts from his private diary and letters

and especially the art of batik

accessible commentary from the museum’s curators

and textiles

monumental gilded wall hangings for elite homes in Europe and Thailand

Alles voor de Kunst: W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp Art deco presenting more than 250 carefullyWijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp (1874 1950), descendant of an Amsterdam shipowners' family, was extremely versatile in artistic terms. Most admirers know him as a graphic artist and painter, but he was also a gifted architect, shipbuilder, writer, explorer, art collector and ethnographer. He was very productive and bequeathed many thousands of meticulously executed drawings, etchers, woodcuts, lithographs and oil paintings. Nieuwenkamp gained inspiration