W. O. J. Nieuwenkamp
Wijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp (
Amsterdam, July 27, 1874 –
Fiesole, April 23, 1950), was a
Dutch multi-faceted
autodidact. As an artist he was active as a painter,
draftsman, sculptor,
etcher,
lithographer, and designer of
book covers and of
ex-libris. In addition, he was also known as a writer, architect, explorer,
ethnologist and
collector of
East Asian art.
He was the one of the first European artists to visit
Bali, being greatly influenced by and himself influencing the island's art and culture, and making it better known in wider world. He was also deeply involved with various other parts of the then
Dutch East Indies.
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