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In the 1930s, he became known within the Chicago theatre circuit as a portrait painter of famous performers and as a costume designer for productions of The Swing Mikado and Shakespeare plays. Nuyttens also participated in the 1932 Summer Olympics in the art competition submitting two portraits, neither won in the competition.
his main skills were in drypoint and etching but worked in a wide array of mediums and subjects. The portrait of Sir Thomas Lipton (1850-1931), a British businessman and yacht owner, was an etching, probably as well as that of Helen Wills Moody.
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Josef Pierre Nuyttens
Nuyttens studied art at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France until 1905.
During the 1910s he created illustrations for L. Frank Baum's novels The Flying Girl, Phoebe Daring, Annabel and The Flying Girl and Her Chum and created propaganda posters during World War I. He later received a bronze medal from the then queen of Belgium, Elizabeth of Bavaria and a knighthood from the Order of Leopold in 1918 for his works during the war.
He emigrated to the United States in 1925 first staying in New York City before moving to Chicago in 1934 and had become well known for his work illustrating portraits of notable persons of the day such as Calvin Coolidge, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Edison.
Pierre Nuyttens
A painter, and etcher of landscapes, figures, cityscapes and animals and book illustrator, Josef Nuyttens was a native of Belgium, where he studied at the Antwerp Royal Academy. He continued his art education in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. By 1905, he was exhibiting his work in Belgium. "By the end of the First World War (1918), he had emerged as one of Belgium's leading artists and received the bronze medal from the Queen of Belgium as well as the Chevalier of the Order of Leoopold II." (artoftheprint)
In the mid 1920s, Nuyttens moved to the United States, first living in New York and then settling in Chicago, where he studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Many of his etchings, oil paintings and plates were destroyed in Chicago in a house fire in which he lost his life in 1960.
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http://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/nuyttens_josef_pierre_windmillandcanal.htm
http://oz.wikia.com/wiki/Joseph_Pierre_Nuyttens
Biography from the Archives of askART
Antwerp-born American painter Pierre Nuytens was a 20th century painter and etcher who studied art in his native Belgium at the Antwerpen Royal Academy, and then went to Paris to complete his education at the École des Beaux-Arts.
He received a bronze medal from the Queen of Belgium and also the Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II. In 1911 and 1912, Nuyttens illustrated four L. Frank Baum books (Baum is best known for writing the Wizard of Oz), “The Flying Girl”, “The Flying Girl and her Chum”, “Phoebe Darling” and “Annabel”. Nuyttens began to exhibit his paintings in both Antwerpen and Bruxelles in 1905.
Nuytten’s called his club the Chez Pierre and sold it when he was pressured by gangsters to sell their bootleg liquor. By the end of World War I, he emerged as one of Belgium’s leading artists and received a bronze medal from the Queen of Belgium, as well as the Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II. He illustrated novels and also designed propaganda posters during World War I.
Nuyttens moved to the United States around 1925, settling in New York City, but by 1934 he had moved to Chicago.
He studied at the Antwerp Royal Academy and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and then came to Chicago in 1905 to study at the Art Institute of Chicago. During his lifetime, his artwork was exhibited at the White House, the Congressional Library, the New York Public Library, the Royal Palace in Brussels and the Illinois State House in Springfield, IL.
In 1960, at the age of 83, he died in a house fire in Chicago that destroyed much of his artwork. By the end of WWI, he was considered one of Belgium’s leading artists. In 1960, he died in an apartment fire, which also destroyed large parts of his work. He owned the predecessor to Chicago’s legendary night club, the Chez Paree. He also painted numerous portraits and was a full member of the Art Institute of Chicago.
He died on January 9, 1960 in a house fire that destroyed a large amount of his body of work.
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(Josef) Pierre Nuyttens
(Josef (Pierre) Nuyttens was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1885. He exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago 17 times between 1914-1918.
By the mid-1920s, Nuyttens had immigrated to the United States, first living in New York and then settling in Chicago. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago and the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, among others.
During his lifetime, his artwork was exhibited at the White House, the Congressional Library, the New York Public Library, the Royal Palace in Brussels and the Illinois State House in Springfield, IL with much of his work exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago. In America, he became well known for his landscapes, cityscapes, figure studies and animal depictions.
In the 1930s, he designed sets and costumes for the Federal Theater Project.