Making of a painting "Monkeys with Vase" 2014

Nautilus, 30 x 40 cm, oil on panel, 2001

Some re-discoverd old works

AMSTERDAM SHOWCASE December 2012

AMSTERDAM SHOWCASE 1st December 2012 at De Oude Kerk Global Art Agency are a team of experienced and qualified international art professionals of event organisers, gallery owners, curators and high profile artists

National Art Fair Amsterdam September 2012

it was nice to have a professional handle the paintings

 

Some impressions of the National Art Fair Amsterdam where I exhibited a small selection of the 2011/2012 paintings. It was a great day at the 'Beurs Plaza'.

New work (commission)

Shells with a glass vase, oil on panel, 2012 by Jaap Snijder

Dutch painter receives Medal of the Societe d'Argent Academic Arts Sciences Lettres in Paris.

Receiving the diplome 'd Argent at Hotel Le Grand

Dutch painter receives Medal of the Societe d'Argent Academic Arts Sciences Lettres in Paris.

The Rotterdam artist Jaap Snijder (Rotterdam, 1966) is awarded with a Medaille d'Argent during the official ceremony of the annual Society Academic Arts Sciences Lettres in the prestigious Hotel Le Grand.

The French Academy Arts – Sciences – Lettres (The Society was founded in 1915 and recognizes men and women of all nationalities who have distinguished themselves in the arts, performing arts, architecture, physical and medical sciences and letters.

The art of Jaap Snijder usually consists of realistic still lifes with an unusual arrangement of shells, flowers or animal remains. The subjects are influenced by the Memento Mori and Vanitas theme of the 17th century translated into a contemporary iconology.

Medaille d' Argent

Past recipients include Albert Schweitzer, Marie Curie, Yehudi Menuhin, Colette and Jacques Cousteau.