Jacob Kanbier (1949-2020) - My masterpiece

Original work by Jacob Kanbier
Mixed technique on paper

Hand-signed on the front.

He was the son of Susanna Louise Plantfeber and Jacob Kanbier. From 1970 to 1981 (divorce) he was married to Wilhelmina Christina de Mooij.
In 1985 he began his studies at the art academy in Amsterdam, but formal art education did not appeal to him, so he is largely self-taught. Kanbier draws inspiration mainly from Willem de Kooning and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Following these artists, he largely creates 'rugged' work in an 'explosive' creative process, with the term 'live-action painting'. He counts himself among the neosymbolists.
He collaborated with related artists such as Justus Donker and Justus Dick Bakhuizen van den Brink and the After Nature group of Peter Klashorst. Later, Jacob also belonged for a while to the Artists’ Collective, "De Leidsche Mondialen" of Dick Bakhuizen van den Brink, who was its founder.
In 1987 Kanbier had his first solo exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal in Leiden and performed in an 'action-painting show' at the Boulevard of Broken Dreams in Amsterdam. Also participating were Herman Brood, Jules Deelder and Simon Vinkenoog. In 1989 he presented at the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam) the Manifesto of Neosymbolism.
Kanbier worked, after periods in Paris, Prague and Friesland, in his birthplace Leiden. His works are part of the art collections of, among others, Queen Juliana, Prince Willem-Alexander, the Eerste Kamer building in The Hague, Museum De Lakenhal, Wim Kok, Hedy d’Ancona and Felix Rottenberg.