Dutch Artist and His Muse : Inspired by True Events in the Life of the Artist Jan Sirks

Briels, Yosay

ISBN 10: 1545151792 / ISBN 13: 9781545151792

Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dutch Artist and His Muse : Inspired by True Events in the Life of the Artist Jan Sirks
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1545151792
• ISBN 13: 9781545151792
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

“Art Experimentation is the supreme right of every modern artist.” For Jan Sirks, these words become a call to arms.

When Rotterdam’s gallery directors silently close their doors and critics wage war against artistic diversity, Sirks helps assemble an underground alliance of bold creators from De Branding and De Stijl. Their mission: challenge the gatekeepers and reclaim the right to exhibit their art.

What begins as an artistic revolt soon becomes a dangerous clash of personalities and ideals. Demons surface, friendships fracture, and hidden allegiances threaten the movement’s survival. Caught between loyalty and vision, Jan is pushed to his breaking point.

His brilliant and fiery muse, pianist Hillegonda, forces him to look deeper—beyond rebellion, beyond justice—to a profoundly personal dilemma that could change everything.

The Dutch Artist and His Muse is the gripping true story of Jan Sirks, a revolutionary artist who dared to redefine the boundaries of modern art in the early twentieth century.

About the Author

Yosay Briels is a new author to enter the historical novel genre. Her writing is inspired by true stories about artists and their art. She wants to bring the time of the artist to life so her readers can feel a part of it. Her debut novel The Dutch Artist and His Muse is based on the Rotterdam artist Jan Sirks and his muse Hillegonda. Yosay has a BA in Art History and French Literature and is fascinated with the context of art. In order to learn about her characters, she learns as much as she can to be able to re-create their lives. She visits their cities, listens to their music, reads their books and the plays they may have seen, studies their fashion and mannerisms, their foods, their homes and places of work, their hygiene habits, their perfumes, their foods and drinks, the structure of their day, their social life, their politics, reads their newspapers, their books, their exhibition reviews and pours over their letters and diaries. She was a founding member of the charitable trust that created and published the successful Harbour Kitchens cookbook. Her sketch "Insight, Hindsight and Foresight" was performed at the opening of the Christchurch Innovation Incubator. When she is not researching or writing, Yosay is a portfolio manager and curator for the Jan Sirks Collection. She is working on her second novel. It is about an artist.