Jasperina de Jong Painting Canvas Print

Realistic acrylic painting of the Dutch singer and actress Jasperina de Jong , painted by the Dutch fine artist Paul Meijering - the original painting is 90 x 90 cm and for sale.

Jasperina de Jong (Amsterdam, 7 January 1938) is a Dutch actress, cabaret artist and singer.
Jasperina "Pien" de Jong was born on 7 January 1938 in a working class family in Amsterdam and lived on the Javaplein in her youth. After high school she had jobs as a dentist's assistant and typist. Her singing voice had already been discovered at home and at school. Initially she wanted to become a ballet dancer and took ballet classes from the age of fifteen. This was not what she expected and she was actually too old. She then decided to become an artist.
For her role of Inez in the movie Vroeger is dood (1987), De Jong received a Golden Calf. In 1989 De Jong played the role of Elly in Jan Rap en z'n maat, based on the book and play by Yvonne Keuls. In 1996, De Jong voiced Malafide, the evil fairy...

For almost 33 years now, Paul Meijering has been active with the paint brushes. As a 17- year old inspired youngster he joined the Academy of Arts in Enschede (Holland) in order to receive a native training in drawing- and painting technique. At that time (1980) the tendency of the abstract was running riot, and to his dismay and disappointment Paul found that the trade of the ancient masters was merely 'old hat', the realistic art being disregarded and looked down upon. After two years of useless botchery, there was only one conclusion to draw: "get autodidact, be a self-taught person!" Paul then left the academy to work for a living, but at the back of his mind there always loomed the passion of his life: to paint. At his spare time...