Anton Pieck's Work

Anton Pieck was an artist who's talent created a multitude of art in a great diversity. His work contains amongst other things; paintings in oil and watercolour, etchings, woodcarvings, engravings, litho's, travel-drawings and textbook- illustrations.

His early charcoal drawings, done before his marriage, are almost unknown and forgotten though. Those can only be described as haunting and it is believed that his style devolved into a form of commercialized art to maintain his family.
Pieck is also credited as being the inventor of the art of decoupage.

His work is widely popular and known for it's nostalgic or fairytale-like character and often appears on cards and calendars. Exhibitions of his work are held on a regular basis.

On June 16th, 1983 a bronze 'Bust' of Anton Pieck was revealed in Overveen and in 1984 the Anton Pieck Museum was opened at the Achterstraat in Hattem, Netherlands. The museum is called "A House for Anton Pieck".