Scope and Contents
The drawings and oil sketches kept in Leiden all originate from the artist’s early career. Among them there are several self portraits, a design for an anti-smoking poster and portraits of actors.
Dates
- Creation: First quarter of the 20th century
- Creation: Bulk First quarter of the 20th century
Creator
Conditions Governing Use
Regulations that apply during the use of these materials can be found on the website of Leiden University Library.
Biographical / Historical
Leendert Jurriaan Jordaan is known as a profilic cartoon draughtsman who worked for several newspapers and magazines in the Netherlands. He made many thousands of cartoons for Het Leven, De Groene Amsterdammer, het Parool en Vrij Nederland. Besides that he was active as a film and theatre critic.
Extent
30 drawings and oil sketches
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Abstract in Dutch
Tekeningen van de kunstenaar Leendert Jurriaan Jordaan
Abstract in English
Drawings by the artist Leendert Jurriaan Jordaan
Physical Location
Leiden University Library, Special Collections
Other Finding Aids
No separate inventory of Jordaan's donation exists. They have been recorded in the Digital Collections
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Shortly before moving from Amsterdam to the more quiet provincial town of Zelhem in 1961, Leendert Jurriaan Jordaan donated some 2300 drawings and prints to the Leiden Print Room. It was decided that his cartoons should be kept at a more appropriate museum and they were transferred in 1976 to the Atlas van Stolk in Rotterdam. Only the more artistic drawings were retained in Leiden.
Accruals
No future additions are to be expected.
Separated Materials
The drawings and prints donated to the Atlas van Stolk in Rotterdam can be found in their online database Atlas van Stolk and in the website of the Geheugen van Nederland and the Europeana website.
General
The material of this collection can be requested at the Special Collections Reading Room.
Processing Information
The drawings have been integrated into the general collections of drawings and prints and were given the inventory numbers PK-1961-T-9 to PK-1961-T-38.
Topical
- Title
- Collection guide of the Leendert Jurriaan Jordaan collection (First quarter of the 20th century)
- Subtitle
- Collectie Leendert Jurriaan Jordaan
- Author
- Jef Schaeps, 2010
- Date
- 2010
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Beschrijving is in het Engels.
Repository Details
Part of the Leiden University Libraries Archives & Collections Repository
Witte Singel 27
Leiden 2311 BG Netherlands
+31 71 527 2857
specialcollections@library.leidenuniv.nl