Career
Van Wijck painted landscapes in "de Kempen" (Belgium) and in Noord-Brabant (The Netherlands) during the first half of the twentieth century. He frequently painted locations on the Kalmthoutse Heide (De Kempen) close Antwerp. Van Wijck also painted at Ginneken, a village close to Breda, where he painted the river De Mark along with other landmarks.
In 1903, shortly after his studies in Breda, he showed his work at the famous "Salon Triennal des Beaux-Arts" in Brussels.
He also displayed his art in several salons in Antwerp. Van Wijck is known for his work as a landscape painter, outside painter (pleinairisme), Flemish and Jugendstil.
He also experimented with waterpainting and postermaking. In Flanders: "De Kalmthoutse Heide" (among other things the Putse Moer, Peerdsbosch, Brasschaat), a pond of earl Vilain XIV (at Kruibeke), Turnhout, De Laarsche beek, De Liereman, Schelle, Schilde, Meerseldreef, Massenhoven (Viersel) Lammerenberg and the river De Schelde, and in Antwerp and its immediate surroundings.
In The Netherlands (Noord-Brabant): Ginneken (Breda), the river De Mark, Bouvigne castle, Ulvenhout and Woensel (Eindhoven).
Most of these locations are situated near Ginneken (Breda), the place where he was born, and in De Kempen (Flanders and Noord-Brabant) close to Antwerp, where he spent the largest part of his life. He painted there during several seasons and focused on the nature setting including woods, heathland landscapes, farms, moors, orchards, mills, riversights, birds, flowers and interieurs. Some important works of Jaak van Wijck are exhibited in museums in Belgium and The Netherlands including the "het Archief en Museum voor Vlaamse Cultuur (AMCV)" in Antwerp (Belgium), the "Breda"s Museum" in Breda (the Netherlands) and in Museum Kempenland, Eindhoven (The Netherlands).
Most of his work is privately owned by individuals living in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and the United States.
Some of his works were sold in auction by Christie"s and Campo&Campo in Antwerp. His family has established, with collaboration of some experts, a catalogue of approximately
235 paintings of Jaak van Wijck as well as a description of his life, history and personality. The family is actively in search of more works from Jaak van Wijck.
"the Belgian artists from the 19th and 20th centuries", Piron, Paul.
Bruxelles 1999.
