Jan Wiegers Arth-Goldau and the Zugersee, Switzerland

About Jan Wiegers

Jan Wiegers, painter, is deeply rooted in the Groningen art scene. In 1918, he, together with Jan Altink and Johan Dijkstra, was the driving force behind the foundation of the artist movement of De Ploeg [The Plough], the Groningen art collective of musicians, writers, but above all, painters who viewed the modern world with a fresh gaze. De Ploeg wanted to shake the established art climate of the northern Netherlands. Hence the chosen name; a ...