Jos Lussenburg

November 20, 1889 (age 85)

Enkhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands

Lussenburg was a self-taught painter. Originally he was a professional musician: he was music-teacher at several music schools, played the violin and was conductor of several choirs. The couple had three children: a girl Baukje (born 1918) and two boys Hans and Loek (born 1920 and 1926 respectively) in 1918 Lussenburg"s parents moved to Nunspeet, a village near the Zuiderzee south-coast and after a family visit Jos gave up his job as a teacher in the South to move with his family to Nunspeet because he loved it as a place to paint. Lussenburg"s grandfather was a professional fisherman from Enkhuizen and he loved the romance of the rough live as fisher. He made lots of friends among the many fishermen in the villages and ports around the Zuiderzee. Due to the construction of the Afsluitdijk, completed in 1932, the Zuiderzee changed into a fresh-water lake: the IJsselmeer. The fishing industry fell into decline in all villages and towns around the new lake. But he never lost his love for the music and remained active as director of several choirs in villages near Nunspeet. Many of Lussenburg"s paintings show the rough waves of the shallow Zuiderzee with one or more fishing sailing boats in action. Beside his paintings of fishing vessels at sea he also painted portraits of old fishermen, farmers, beggars and some self-portraits. In 1963 he published a book called De stervende zee (The dying sea) about the end of the fishing industry in the former Zuiderzee. Later, in 1975 a book De stervende Zuiderzee (The dying Zuiderzee) dealt with the same problem. In the books pictures of his paintings together with several stories about the life of the fishers. The paintings of Lussenburg have found their way into several museums about the Zuiderzee or IJsselmeer and there are two virtual expositions of his work on the internet.

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Lussenburg was born in Enkhuizen, a small fishing village at the west-coast of the former Zuiderzee, currently the IJsselmeer.

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Lussenburg was a self-taught painter. Originally he was a professional musician: he was music-teacher at several music schools, played the violin and was conductor of several choirs. The couple had three children: a girl Baukje (born 1918) and two boys Hans and Loek (born 1920 and 1926 respectively)

in 1918 Lussenburg"s parents moved to Nunspeet, a village near the Zuiderzee south-coast and after a family visit Jos gave up his job as a teacher in the South to move with his family to Nunspeet because he loved it as a place to paint.

Lussenburg"s grandfather was a professional fisherman from Enkhuizen and he loved the romance of the rough live as fisher.

He made lots of friends among the many fishermen in the villages and ports around the Zuiderzee. Due to the construction of the Afsluitdijk, completed in 1932, the Zuiderzee changed into a fresh-water lake: the IJsselmeer.

The fishing industry fell into decline in all villages and towns around the new lake. But he never lost his love for the music and remained active as director of several choirs in villages near Nunspeet.

Many of Lussenburg"s paintings show the rough waves of the shallow Zuiderzee with one or more fishing sailing boats in action.

Beside his paintings of fishing vessels at sea he also painted portraits of old fishermen, farmers, beggars and some self-portraits. In 1963 he published a book called De stervende zee (The dying sea) about the end of the fishing industry in the former Zuiderzee. Later, in 1975 a book De stervende Zuiderzee (The dying Zuiderzee) dealt with the same problem.

In the books pictures of his paintings together with several stories about the life of the fishers.

The paintings of Lussenburg have found their way into several museums about the Zuiderzee or IJsselmeer and there are two virtual expositions of his work on the internet.

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