JACOB JONGERT (1883-1942) INTERNATIONALE GASTENTOONSTELLING AMSTERDAM. 1912. 59x29 1/2 inches. Ont. Lith. Condition B: restored losses and restoration in margins; cracks and creases in image. Jongert studied in Amsterdam, most notably under Roland Holst, for whom he later worked. His early works bears all the hall-marks of traditional Dutch Art Nouveau, as practiced by his mentor Roland Holst. Advertising a Gas Exhibition, this poster seems "to aim for high seriousness [and] formalism" (Dutch p. 17), and it certainly reflected some of the artist's values that art "had a social mission to perform" (ibid. p. 9). If similarity in detail, ornamentaion or flow exists between these posters and the work of William Morris and The English Arts and Crafts movement it is no wonder, as Morris was one of Roland Horst's biggest influences. Dutch 27.
