Nola Hatterman - Surinamese Rainforest

Nola Hatterman (1899–1984)

Creek in the Surinamese Rainforest

Watercolor on paperSigned “Nola Hatterman” lower center

40 × 29.5 cm

Framed

Condition:

Good condition.

Provenance:

Estate of Nola Hatterman, Collection Armand Baag.

Literature:

Illustrated in Ellen de Vries (ed.), Nola Hatterman, Geen kunst zonder kunnen, Zwolle (Waanders Uitgeverij), p. 99.

Additional information:

Nola Hatterman was a Dutch actress, painter, and designer who came into contact with progressive Surinamese intellectuals in the Netherlands in the 1930s, including Anton de Kom. In 1953, she settled in Suriname, where she taught a new generation of Surinamese artists. The identity of Suriname and its people is central to Hatterman’s work. She regarded art as a weapon in the struggle against discrimination and colonialism. Following her death in 1984, former students established the Nola Hatterman Institute, later renamed The Nola Hatterman Art Academy.

As an artist, Nola Hatterman embodies the shared (post)colonial heritage of Suriname and the Netherlands and forms a pivotal link between Surinamese and Dutch art history.

Hatterman’s works have recently been acquired by several museums, including the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Centraal Museum Utrecht, and the Rijksmuseum, and have, among other institutions, been included in the permanent collection display of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

More information can be found at www.nolahatterman.com and in the book Nola Hatterman, Geen kunst zonder kunnen.n kunst zonder kunnen, 2021 (onder redactie van Ellen de Vries).