About the Artist
Jacoba van Heemskerck van Beest (1876–1923) was a Dutch painter, printmaker, and stained glass designer, and one of the most original voices of early Dutch modernism . Born in The Hague to a family of artists, she studied at the Royal Academy of Art and later worked in Paris under Eugène Carrière . Her work moved through Cubism and into abstraction, influenced by her contact with Piet Mondrian and Jan Toorop in the artists' colony of Domburg .
In 1912, reading Kandinsky's Concerning the Spiritual in Art marked a turning point. She joined the Berlin-based expressionist movement Der Sturm, led by Herwarth Walden, who became her lifelong champion and dealer . From 1915 onward, her works—often titled Bild, Komposition, or Zeichnung followed by a number—were rooted in landscape but pushed toward pure abstraction .
About This Print
This print features Composition, a linocut in black on laid paper created in 1921 . The work is part of the Neue Europäische Graphik portfolio published by Müller Co. Verlag in Potsdam, associated with the Bauhaus . The bold lines and geometric forms reflect van Heemskerck's mature abstract style. Printed on archival, museum-quality paper and presented in a 1" antique white mat with a black metal frame.
