Exhibitions
Exhibitions
1911 — 1981
Thirty-three documented presentations — from the Witte Sociëteit in Medan to the Stedelijk Museum, from Pulchri Studio to the department stores of 1940.
artists’ associations · art circles · art dealers · department stores
From Medan to Semarang, from the jury-free halls of De Onafhankelijken to the Gerzon and Vroom & Dreesmann department stores: Rensburg exhibited all his life. This chronology of 33 documented presentations shows how appreciation shifted — from ‘dry and stiff’ in 1913 to recognition as the visual memory of vanished cities.
33 of 33 presentations
1911–1918 · First presentations in the Netherlands and the Indies
Group presentations in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies; the pen drawings and prints are judged more favourably than the watercolours.
Dutch art exhibition — Vereeniging Gezelligheid
Witte Sociëteit, Medan
Kralingsche veer; Achterbuurtje; watercolours, pen drawings and etchings
The pen drawings were received more favourably than the watercolours.
source · A ↗First exhibition of De Onafhankelijken
Amsterdam
Drawings
The magazine De Kunst called the drawings good.
source · A/B ↗Group exhibition
Leeuwarder Kunstkring
City views; Oedipus etching
The composition was acknowledged, but the work was called dry and stiff.
source · A ↗Third International Jury-Free Exhibition — De Onafhankelijken
Amsterdam
Lente; De Maas te Rotterdam; Oude huizen te Enkhuizen; Markt te Rotterdam; Gouda
Catalogue prices ƒ175–ƒ450.
source · B ↗First exhibition of De Rotterdammers
Rotterdamsche Kunstkring
Het aquarium
Rensburg was secretary of the association.
source · A ↗Benefit exhibition
Medan
Work by Rensburg among 248 Dutch submissions
For the benefit of artists affected by the war.
source · A ↗Group exhibition
De Onafhankelijken
Colour etchings of Amsterdam, Brussels, London, Antwerp and Dordrecht
The character of Brussels, London, Antwerp and Dordrecht was judged better captured than that of Amsterdam.
source · A ↗Semarangsche Kunstkring
Logezaal Pontjol, Semarang
Utrechtsche Oude Gracht
Named among the ‘first choice’.
source · A ↗1919–1925 · De Onafhankelijken
A steady presence at the jury-free association, with catalogue prices — and a shift from city views to travel prints and dogs.
Autumn exhibition of De Onafhankelijken
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Amersfoort, cat. 238
Catalogue price ƒ375.
source · B ↗Group exhibition
Delische Kunstkring
Colour etchings: windmills near Overschie, Antwerp and Rotterdam
Antwerp and Rotterdam were received more favourably.
source · A ↗De Onafhankelijken
Pulchri Studio, The Hague / Artibus Sacrum, Arnhem
Scheepswerf te Vlaardingen, cat. 61
Catalogue price ƒ350.
source · B ↗De Onafhankelijken
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Molen de Hoop — etching and drawing
Catalogue prices ƒ50–ƒ350.
source · B ↗De Onafhankelijken
Pulchri Studio, The Hague
Bierkade, former Wagenbrug, The Hague
ƒ35 unframed, ƒ70 framed.
source · B ↗Autumn exhibition of De Onafhankelijken
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Two untitled etchings, cat. 160–161
Each ƒ45 unframed, ƒ65 framed.
source · B ↗Solo exhibition
Town hall, La Roche-en-Ardenne
Local drawings, etchings and watercolours
source · A ↗De Onafhankelijken
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Three Laroche etchings (travel souvenir), cat. 191–193
ƒ7.50 large, ƒ5 small.
source · B ↗De Onafhankelijken
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Five dog breeds
ƒ15 framed, ƒ7.50 unframed.
source · B ↗1933–1937 · Theme and demonstration
Thematic and didactic presentations: aquaria, The Hague through time, and live printing demonstrations.
Aquariumclub Scalare
Twee Steden Palace, The Hague
Etchings, drawings and watercolours with underwater and aquarium scenes
source · A ↗Solo presentation with demonstrations
Vroom & Dreesmann, The Hague
Some 140 views of The Hague; travels; aquaria; royal funerals
Rensburg demonstrated etching and printing.
source · A ↗VVV week
Gerzon, Rotterdam
City views, prints and calendars
The objective, documenting character was appreciated.
source · A ↗Den Haag voorheen en thans — The Hague past and present (40 years)
Kleykamp, The Hague
Some 125 works
Presented as an artistic archive; extended.
source · A ↗Three art dealers at once
M. Dijkhoff, L.J.C. Boucher & Mensing & Visser, The Hague
Three watercolours of Prinsjesdag and the Golden Coach
source · A ↗1940–1941 · Vanished Rotterdam
After the bombing the documentary corpus takes centre stage: vanished Rotterdam and historic buildings.
Rotterdam city views
Kunsthandel De Poort, The Hague
Terwenakker, Lutherse kerk, Delftsche Vaart, Delftsche Poort
The topographical value was rated more highly than the artistic.
source · A ↗Old Rotterdam
Kunsthandel Fetter & Co., Amsterdam
Some seventy sheets from a production of 350 Rotterdam etchings
Valued above all as documents.
source · A ↗Vanished Rotterdam
Voorhoeve & Dietrich, Rotterdam
Rotterdam city views
A function of remembrance shortly after the bombing.
source · A ↗The Rotterdam collection
Gerzon, Rotterdam
Virtually the entire Rotterdam collection
20% of the proceeds went to the Rotterdam Reconstruction Foundation.
source · A ↗Major solo presentation
Gerzon, Rotterdam
Nearly 400 works: Rotterdam and surroundings; animals, flowers and aquaria
The largest documented presentation.
source · A ↗Regional presentation
‘t Consthuys St. Joris, Amersfoort
Old and new Amersfoort; old Rotterdam
source · A ↗Thematic solo show
‘t Consthuys St. Joris, Amersfoort
Historic prisons, including the Gevangenpoort, Muiderslot and Loevestein
source · A ↗1961–1981 · Posthumous
Inclusion in regional historical exhibitions confirms his lasting value for urban memory.
Vlaardingen city views
AMRO Bank / city archives, Vlaardingen
Including Delftsevaart/Hoogstraatkerk, 1928
Posthumous.
source · A ↗