Alles voor de Kunst: W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp Art deco accessible commentary from the museum’s

accessible commentary from the museum’s curators

The collection of art objects from the Palaces of the President of the Republic of Indonesia includes ceramics

and the Philippines

monumental gilded wall hangings for elite homes in Europe and Thailand

Jugra Publications (2009)

Alles voor de Kunst: W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp Art deco accessible commentary from the museum’sWijnand Otto Jan Nieuwenkamp (1874 1950), descendant of an Amsterdam shipowners' family, was extremely versatile in artistic terms. Most admirers know him as a graphic artist and painter, but he was also a gifted architect, shipbuilder, writer, explorer, art collector and ethnographer. He was very productive and bequeathed many thousands of meticulously executed drawings, etchers, woodcuts, lithographs and oil paintings. Nieuwenkamp gained inspiration