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Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita
Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita

Dutch, 1868 – 1944
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Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita was a Dutch graphic artist active in the years before the Second World War. His pupils included graphic artist M. C. Escher (1898–1972). A Sephardic Jew, in his old age he was sent to Auschwitz by the Nazis, where he was gassed along with his wife. After the war, de Mesquita was largely forgotten.

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita was born on 6 June 1868 into a Jewish family living in Amsterdam. Though a member of a tightly knit Sephardic community, a minority among Dutch Jews, de Mesquita, like most of his contemporaries, was not religiously observant. His father, a secondary school teacher of Hebrew and German, died when Sam or Sampie, as he was called, was five.

At the age of fourteen, the young de Mesquita applied to the Rijksakademie in pursuit of his artistic interests, only to be rejected. Deeply disappointed, he apprenticed himself to an acting city architect, for whom he worked for two years before entering a technical school with the intention of becoming an architect himself. He soon turned, however, to the pedagogy and, in 1889, received a teacher's certificate, which would later enable him to support his family.

Over the next years, de Mesquita principally devoted himself to art, experimenting with various techniques and mediums. Though known primarily for his wood engravings, he also produced etchings, lithographs, watercolors and drawings; his applied art consisted mostly of material designs. There are birds, exotic animals, plants and flowers, and fantastical representations, both humorous and grim. Among de Mesquita's most beautiful works are his portraits, particularly his self-portraits.

With Nazi Germany's invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940, de Mesquita, already in poor health, was forced to lead a secluded life, limiting his work largely to sketches.

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Extase

Extase (1922)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Illustration
Zittend naakt in geometrische zetel

Zittend naakt in geometrische zetel (1920)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Illustration
Zittend naakt

Zittend naakt (1917)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Illustration
Camelia (zwart; rondom een doolhofachtig patroon)

Camelia (zwart; rondom een doolhofachtig patroon) (1920)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Een leerling van 1908

Een leerling van 1908 (1908)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Illustration
Zelfportret met bril en sik

Zelfportret met bril en sik (1930)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Illustration
Jan-van-gent

Jan-van-gent (1931)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Animals
Entre ces trois mon coeur balance

Entre ces trois mon coeur balance (1930)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Illustration
Sneeuwuil

Sneeuwuil (1927)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Animals
Pauwies

Pauwies (1926)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Animals
Sabelantilope

Sabelantilope (1927)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Animals
Blesbok

Blesbok (1931)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Animals
Parkier (parkieten)

Parkier (parkieten) (1927)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Animals
Fantasie; mannenkop met scheve muts, half over het rechteroog

Fantasie; mannenkop met scheve muts, half over het rechteroog (1918-08)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Fantasiekop; profielkop in arceringen

Fantasiekop; profielkop in arceringen (1923)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Geabstraheerde vogel

Geabstraheerde vogel (1921)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Twee rozen

Twee rozen (1920)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Fantasie; twee mannenkoppen in profiel naar links, links een profiel in tegengestelde richting

Fantasie; twee mannenkoppen in profiel naar links, links een profiel in tegengestelde richting (1918)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Uitgebloeide strelitzia

Uitgebloeide strelitzia (1934)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Ornament Guus de Vries 1894- 1919

Ornament Guus de Vries 1894- 1919 (1919)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Gestileerd bloemmotief

Gestileerd bloemmotief (1905)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Ex libris van JFN

Ex libris van JFN (1910)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Gestileerd bloemmotief

Gestileerd bloemmotief (1905)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Ornament met cirkel en kruis

Ornament met cirkel en kruis (1905)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Dromedaris

Dromedaris (1912)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Animals
Aronskelk

Aronskelk (1920)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Geabstraheerde vogel

Geabstraheerde vogel (1921)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Fantasie; kop

Fantasie; kop (1930)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
Ara

Ara (1926)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Animals
Moeder en kind

Moeder en kind (1929-11)

Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita (Dutch, 1868 – 1944)
Abstract
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