{"title":"Johanna Anna Maria Schrofer-Bal","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"collection--description rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003eJohanna Anna Maria “Hannie” Bal (1921–2012) was a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003ekey figure in post-war Dutch modernism and a member of the Nieuwe Haagse School, who also\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003estudied at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAntwerp. She co-founded the Verve movement alongside her husband, Willem Schrofer, a notable figure in the mid-20th-century art scene, and the pair contributed richly to the visual language of mid-20th-century painting and printmaking. As one of the few women printmakers of her time in Northern Europe, Bal’s graphic work demonstrates her ability to blend geometric clarity with expressive delicacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"farewell-to-the-sailors-at-sunset","title":"Farewell to the Sailors at Sunset","description":"\u003cp class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eColor linocut on smooth wove paper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eStated edition of 40, but quite unlikely given the scarcity of her prints.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eop\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eSigned, dated and numbered in pencil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eop\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e  Artist is widely known as Hannie Bal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eSome condition issues in the left margin: missing top corner, tear in center sheet edge, crease and smudge in bottom.  All issues away from the image with the sheet in very good condition overall, aside from these.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eop\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"normaltextrun\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eWomen printmakers active right after the war in Northern Europe were few. This is an ambitious print in two colors, made by one of the rare female artists who had received a formal education in that part of the world at that time. It is an attractive and unusual mixture of naïve art influence with a geometric esthetic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"eop\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SCHROFER-BAL, Johanna Anna Maria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40960944275655,"sku":"","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/JohannaAnnaMariaSCHROFER-BAL-FarewelltotheSailorsatSunset-Colorlinocut.jpg?v=1631887441"}],"url":"https:\/\/armstrongfineart.com\/collections\/johanna-anna-maria-schrofer-bal-1.oembed","provider":"Armstrong Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}