She was not constant in model, however she was experimental all of the extra. Maybe that’s what appeals to younger artists in her work. It’s placing that she didn’t hesitate to handle social themes way back. Even at a time when that was not so frequent in artwork.
I didn’t know her work till Janneke Maiburg pointed me to her work within the artwork assortment of the province of Gelderland a number of years in the past. We solely have one lithograph by her. And that isn’t so unusual, as a result of the hyperlink between De Jong and Gelderland could be very restricted. The hyperlink is the Gelderse Grafiekmap, an initiative of the incomparable Leen van Weelden (1939-2022), as soon as additionally chargeable for the artwork assortment of the province of Gelderland.
Gabrielle de Nijs Bik, curator of the artwork assortment of the province of Gelderland
Jacqueline de Jong
Our boys within the Lebanon, 1979
Lithography (from the Gelderse Grafiekmap)
Assortment of the province of Gelderland
