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Painter, Etcher, Portrait painter, Landscape painter, Still life painter, b. 1893 - d. 1985

Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (15 February 1893 – 20 May 1985 in Leiden) was a Dutch portrait painter and ceramist, who also produced designs for stamps and stained-glass windows. He is best known for the small, humorous vignettes of everyday life.

Kamerlingh Onnes was born in Zoeterwoude in 1893. His father Menso Kamerlingh Onnes was a painter and member of the Hague School, who in 1911 gave his son permission to develop as an artist. He also gave him his first drawing and painting lessons. One of his uncles was the painter Floris Verster, and another uncle the physicist and Nobel Prize winner Heike Kamerlingh Onnes.

In his early years from 1915 to 1925 his work was influenced by modernism. In 1918 he designed a number of abstract stained-glass windows for the Spark House, which was designed by Jacobus Oud. From 1925, he started to take the everyday reality as his subject, and from that time he only made figurative works. It was after a visit to the studio of Mondrian, that he had realized that abstract art was not for him. Some of his designs for stained-glass windows have discoveries of physicists Pieter Zeeman and Hendrik Lorentz as a subject. One of these stained-glass windows contained a portrait of Hendrik Lorentz and formulas devised by him that describe the behavior of electrons. Other stained-glass windows show the instruments to measure the splitting of spectral lines of atoms under the influence of a magnetic field is measured, the so-called Zeeman effect. He also made portraits of the physicists Albert Einstein and Paul Ehrenfest.

Harm Kamerlingh Onnes characterized his artistic work with the phrase "just messing around".

In 1953 Kamerlingh Onnes with Bert Nienhuis Piet Wiegman, Dirk Hubers and Frans Wildenhain, took part of the exhibition "five contemporary potters" in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, which was one of the first museum presentations of modern artisan ceramics in the Netherlands.[

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  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    Feb. 04, 2025

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €300 - €500

    Man met biertje in het café, gesigneerd met initialen en gedateerd '65/HHKO' (linksonder), potlood, aquarel en gouache op papier, 23x24 cm (45x45 cm met lijst),

    Venduehuis der Notarissen
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893 - 1985) Parklandschap op winderige zomerdag
    Dec. 09, 2024

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893 - 1985) Parklandschap op winderige zomerdag

    Est: €200 - €300

    Olieverf op paneel, r.o. gemonogrammeerd. A- 30 x 40 cm / 36 x 46 cm

    Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch 1893 - 1985) . Poppies around the train tracks near the dunes, 1944.
    Dec. 03, 2024

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch 1893 - 1985) . Poppies around the train tracks near the dunes, 1944.

    Est: €600 - €800

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch 1893 - 1985) Poppies around the train tracks near the dunes, 1944 oil on plywood signed with initials and dated 'HKO 1944' (lower right), signed again (on the reverse) image size 24 x 29 cm., frame size 35.5 x 40.5 cm.

    Adams Amsterdam Auctions
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch 1893 - 1985) . A rural landscape, 1965.
    Dec. 03, 2024

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch 1893 - 1985) . A rural landscape, 1965.

    Est: €400 - €600

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch 1893 - 1985) A rural landscape, 1965 oil on board signed with initials and dated (scratched) 'HKO 65' (lower right) image size 25 x 40 cm., frame size 38 x 53 cm.

    Adams Amsterdam Auctions
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    Nov. 14, 2024

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €1,200 - €1,600

    Leiden at sunset, I. signed and dated 'HHKO'76' (lower left); II. signed and dated 'HHKO '80' (lower right), I. oil on board, 40x49 cm; II. watercolour and gouache on paper, 24x31,5 cm, Provenance I.:-Private collection.-Auction, Adams, Amsterdam, 28 May 2021, lot 86. Provenance II.:-With Kunsthandel M.L. de Boer, Amsterdam, inv. no. 14405 (label attached to the the frame). ,

    Venduehuis der Notarissen
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    Nov. 14, 2024

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €1,000 - €1,500

    Vendors with oil of the Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij, signed with initials and dated ' '46/HHKO' (lower right); signed with initials and dated again 'HHK/O/'46' (on the barrel and cart), oil on panel, 19,5x24 cm, Provenance:-With Kunstzaal Plaats, The Hague (label attached to the reverse),

    Venduehuis der Notarissen
  • Harm Hendrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    Nov. 13, 2024

    Harm Hendrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €150 - €300

    Harm Hendrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) A yellow glazed earthenware bowl with monogram HH, brushed: KO '63. In the soul a decor of swirling motif in a brown-pink glaze.

    Vendu Rotterdam
  • Harm Hendrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    Nov. 13, 2024

    Harm Hendrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €200 - €400

    Harm Hendrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) A black glazed octagonal vase with monogram HH, brushed: KO '61. With white glazed mouth edge. The bottom with chip.

    Vendu Rotterdam
  • Harm Hendrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    Nov. 13, 2024

    Harm Hendrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €300 - €600

    Harm Hendrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) A yellow-brown glazed angular vase with monogram HH, 1940s/50s,

    Vendu Rotterdam
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) 'De Tuin', olieverf op doek, gesigneerd r
    Oct. 01, 2024

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) 'De Tuin', olieverf op doek, gesigneerd r

    Est: €1,200 - €1,600

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) 'De Tuin', olieverf op doek, gesigneerd r.o. en getiteld en gedateerd op spieraam 1965, 50,5 x 70,5 cm

    Veilinghuis Van Spengen
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) De kunstenaar in zijn atelier, gesigneerd
    Oct. 01, 2024

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) De kunstenaar in zijn atelier, gesigneerd

    Est: €1,500 - €2,500

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) De kunstenaar in zijn atelier, gesigneerd r.o. en gedateerd midden, olieverf op board, 18, 5 x 26 cm

    Veilinghuis Van Spengen
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Het Witte Huis (Frankrijk), gesigneerd r.
    Oct. 01, 2024

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Het Witte Huis (Frankrijk), gesigneerd r.

    Est: €1,500 - €2,500

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Het Witte Huis (Frankrijk), gesigneerd r.o., olieverf op board, 30 x 40 cm -Prov.: Galerie de Fiets, okt '78, annotatie op verso--Mogelijk betreft dit een gezicht op het vakantiehuis van de kunstenaar- 

    Veilinghuis Van Spengen
  • Kamerlingh Onnes, Harm (Dutch 1893-1985)
    Jun. 17, 2024

    Kamerlingh Onnes, Harm (Dutch 1893-1985)

    Est: €600 - €1,200

    Kamerlingh Onnes, Harm (Dutch 1893-1985) Stilleven met rieten hengselmand 1930 olie op paneel 36 x 29 cm gemon. r.b. en gedat. '30. Herk. Mevrouw Nypels, Vroenhof, Warmond

    Zuydwal Veilingen
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    May. 30, 2024

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €1,500 - €2,500

    Zondag op Terschelling',, oil on board, 30,5x40,5 cm, signed with initials and dated 'HHKO/'63' (lower left), Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Venduehuis der Notarissen
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Zonder titel
    Feb. 29, 2024

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Zonder titel

    Est: €400 - €600

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Zonder titel gesigneerd met initialen (rechtsboven) en opgedragen met datering 1964 olieverf op board 26x37 cm (42x52 5 cm incl. lijst)

    Venduehuis der Notarissen
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) - Voorschoten in de winter
    Feb. 28, 2024

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) - Voorschoten in de winter

    Est: €700 - €1,000

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Voorschoten in de winter gesigneerd met initialen 'HKO' (rechtsonder) olieverf op doek 33x46 cm (met lijst: 49x62 cm) Conditie: vernis vergeeld, stukje verfverlies, craquelé, verder goed

    Venduehuis der Notarissen
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) - Bloemstukje van Titia
    Feb. 28, 2024

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) - Bloemstukje van Titia

    Est: €300 - €400

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Bloemstukje van Titia de vrouw van de kunstenaar gesigneerd 'T&HHKO' (rechtsonder T voor Titia Margaretha Elisabeth Easton) olieverf op doek geplakt op paneel 26x31 cm (met lijst: 40x44 cm) Herkomst: -Simonis & Buunk Ede 13782/Cnsg Conditie: enig oppervlaktevuil, verder goed

    Venduehuis der Notarissen
  • Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Playing …
    Feb. 27, 2024

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Playing …

    Est: €800 - €1,200

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Playing children, monogrammed l.r., oil on board, 17,2 x 23 cm

    Veilinghuis Van Spengen
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893 - 1985) Boer met zak aardappelen
    Dec. 18, 2023

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893 - 1985) Boer met zak aardappelen

    Est: €300 - €500

    Gemengde techniek. A 24 x 34 / 41.5 x 50.5 cm

    Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893 - 1985) Bloemstilleven met viooltjes in roemer
    Dec. 18, 2023

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893 - 1985) Bloemstilleven met viooltjes in roemer

    Est: €500 - €800

    Marouflé, m.l. gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd 1936. B+ 28 x 21.5 / 34 x 28 cm

    Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893 - 1985) Gezicht op de Oude Sterrewacht te Leiden
    Dec. 18, 2023

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893 - 1985) Gezicht op de Oude Sterrewacht te Leiden

    Est: €1,000 - €1,500

    Olieverf op board, r.o. gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd '58 - enigszins krom. B 41 x 51 cm / 55.5 x 66 cm

    Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes
  • Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893 - 1985): Portrait of a Seated Woman
    Dec. 13, 2023

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893 - 1985): Portrait of a Seated Woman

    Est: $600 - $800

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893 - 1985): Portrait of a Seated Woman oil on canvas, re-lined; signed with initials upper right

    Abell Auction
  • Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Portrait of a gentleman, possibly
    Dec. 12, 2023

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Portrait of a gentleman, possibly

    Est: €300 - €400

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Portrait of a gentleman, possibly Jhr. mr. L.H.J.M. van Asch van Wijck (1858-1934), monogrammed and dated l.r. 1934, oil on canvas laid down on board, 59 x 49 cm

    Veilinghuis Van Spengen
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch 1893 - 1985). Rainbow over a crop field, 1961.
    Dec. 12, 2023

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch 1893 - 1985). Rainbow over a crop field, 1961.

    Est: €400 - €600

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch 1893 - 1985) Rainbow over a crop field, 1961 watercolour on paper signed with initials and dated 'HKO 61' (lower right, faded) image size 27 x 36.5 cm., frame size 49.5 x 59 cm.

    Adams Amsterdam Auctions
  • HARM KAMERLINGH ONNES
    Dec. 11, 2023

    HARM KAMERLINGH ONNES

    Est: €800 - €1,200

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Vuurtorenboot (Lightship) (1972) Signed with monogram and dated 72 lower right Oil on board, 49.1 x 60.8 cm Provenance: - Kunsthandel G.J. Scherpel, Bussum - Private collection, the Netherlands * Please note: condition reports and additional photos are available upon request. For more information please visit our website: www.aagauctioneers.com

    AAG Auctioneers
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    Nov. 16, 2023

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €1,000 - €1,500

    A portrait of Catharina Schut (1909-1990), signed with initials and dated 'HHKO/'45' (lower right), oil on canvas, 60x51 cm, Catharina Schut was married to Wouter Vasbinder (1902-1985), a collectioneur of Kamerlingh Onnes' oeuvre.

    Venduehuis der Notarissen
  • Kamerlingh Onnes, Harm (Dutch 1893-1985) , HKO
    Oct. 30, 2023

    Kamerlingh Onnes, Harm (Dutch 1893-1985) , HKO

    Est: €500 - €800

    Kamerlingh Onnes, Harm (Dutch 1893-1985) , HKO Stilleven met rieten mand en aardewerken kom olie op triplex 1930 36 x 29 cm gemon. r.b. HKO 342

    Zuydwal Veilingen
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    Oct. 18, 2023

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €1,000 - €1,500

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985), Café au lait, signed with initials and dated 'HKO '66' (centre right), oil on board, 50x54 cm,

    Venduehuis der Notarissen
  • Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Girl wit…
    Oct. 03, 2023

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Girl wit…

    Est: €100 - €150

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Girl with doll in a cart, monogrammed l.r. and dated '85, mixed media on paper, 16 x 12 cm

    Veilinghuis Van Spengen
  • Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) ceramic …
    Oct. 03, 2023

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) ceramic …

    Est: €1,000 - €1,500

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) ceramic sculpture of a baby in a crib, monogrammed and dated '64, 11 x 15 cm -restored-

    Veilinghuis Van Spengen
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893 - 1985) In het café
    Sep. 25, 2023

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893 - 1985) In het café

    Est: €800 - €1,200

    Olieverf op doek, r.o. gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd '67. A- 35 x 44.5 cm / 43.5 x 54 cm

    Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes
  • HARM KAMERLINGH ONNES, ZOETERWOUDE 1893-1985 LEIDEN, PORTRAI ...
    Sep. 25, 2023

    HARM KAMERLINGH ONNES, ZOETERWOUDE 1893-1985 LEIDEN, PORTRAI ...

    Est: €600 - €850

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes, Zoeterwoude 1893-1985 Leiden, Portrait of two ladies, pastel drawing, 25 x 31 cm.

    Van Zadelhoff Veilingen en Taxaties
  • Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Meisje met poppenkar, gemonogramm
    Jun. 27, 2023

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Meisje met poppenkar, gemonogramm

    Est: €200 - €300

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Meisje met poppenkar, gemonogrammeerd r.o. en gedateerd '85, gemengde techniek, 16 x 12 cm

    Veilinghuis Van Spengen
  • Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Bloemstilleven met tulpen, gesign
    Jun. 27, 2023

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Bloemstilleven met tulpen, gesign

    Est: €100 - €200

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Bloemstilleven met tulpen, gesigneerd en gedateerd '28 l.o., potlood op papier, 48 x 40,5 cm

    Veilinghuis Van Spengen
  • Harm Kamerlingh-Onnes (1893 - 1985) Stilleven met duizendschoon in jampot
    Jun. 19, 2023

    Harm Kamerlingh-Onnes (1893 - 1985) Stilleven met duizendschoon in jampot

    Est: €300 - €500

    Olieverf op paneel, r.o. gesigneerd en l.o. gedateerd 1945. Herkomst: Kunstzaal Plaats, daarna M.L. de Boer, in 1963 voor een tentoonstelling in de Lakenhal gehangen. B 29.5 x cm / x cm

    Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch 1893 - 1985). Two children on a sleigh.
    Jun. 06, 2023

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch 1893 - 1985). Two children on a sleigh.

    Est: €300 - €500

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (Dutch 1893 - 1985) Two children on a sleigh watercolour and gouache on paper signed with intials 'HKO' (lower right) image size 14 x 20 cm., frame size 29.5 x 34.5 cm.

    Adams Amsterdam Auctions
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    May. 16, 2023

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €400 - €800

    "Flower still life in glass vase", dated '62 and signed HKO' lower right.

    Vendu Rotterdam
  • Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    May. 16, 2023

    Harm Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €100 - €200

    Composition with a summer house at Terschelling, signed 'HKO' and dated '59 lower right. This work was used as a Christmas card in 1974. Inscribed "Summer house Terschelling 1959, Merry Christmas and best wishes for 1975, T and H Kamerlingh Onnes" verso.

    Vendu Rotterdam
  • Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    May. 15, 2023

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €300 - €600

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Een keramiek figuurstuk. Twee figuren op een bank. Gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd '61.

    Vendu Rotterdam
  • Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    May. 15, 2023

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €200 - €400

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Een keramiek vormstuk. "Rare Peer".

    Vendu Rotterdam
  • Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    May. 15, 2023

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €100 - €200

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Een grijs keramiek wandvaas met gezicht. gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd '59 op achterzijde.

    Vendu Rotterdam
  • Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)
    May. 15, 2023

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985)

    Est: €200 - €400

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Een ongeglazuurd keramieken vormstuk. Twee omarmende personen. Ingekrast monogram en gedateerd 60.

    Vendu Rotterdam
  • Harm Kamerlingh-Onnes (1893 - 1985) Twee studies van grootouders, Piet en een man
    Mar. 20, 2023

    Harm Kamerlingh-Onnes (1893 - 1985) Twee studies van grootouders, Piet en een man

    Est: -

    Potlood- en houtskooltekening, de man verso gemonogrammeerd. Herkomst: bekende van de schilder. B max. 22 x 16 cm

    Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes
  • Harm Kamerlingh-Onnes (1893 - 1985) Dagje aan het strand
    Mar. 20, 2023

    Harm Kamerlingh-Onnes (1893 - 1985) Dagje aan het strand

    Est: €200 - €300

    Gemengde techniek, r.o. en l.o. gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd '72. B+ 11.5 x 15 / 20 x 23 cm

    Veilinghuis Onder de Boompjes
  • Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Gaslaan te Den Haag, gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd r.o. 37,
    Feb. 28, 2023

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Gaslaan te Den Haag, gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd r.o. 37,

    Est: €800 - €1,200

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Gaslaan te Den Haag, gemonogrammeerd en gedateerd r.o. 37, marouflé, 31 x 48,5 cm-Herkomst: Frans & Kapma Collectie-

    Veilinghuis Van Spengen
  • Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Hulptroepen bij de brand, gesigneerd met initialen r.o., o
    Feb. 28, 2023

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Hulptroepen bij de brand, gesigneerd met initialen r.o., o

    Est: €2,000 - €4,000

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985) Hulptroepen bij de brand, gesigneerd met initialen r.o., olieverf op doek op paneel, 25 x 25 cm

    Veilinghuis Van Spengen
  • HKO/Harm Kamerlingh Onnes, Vase with flowers
    Jan. 12, 2023

    HKO/Harm Kamerlingh Onnes, Vase with flowers

    Est: -

    Signed HKO. Possibly Harm Kamerlingh Onnes. 1893 - 1985. Vase of flowers. Oil on board. Dimensions: H 50 x W 40 cm. In good condition.

    Twents Veilinghuis
  • Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985), oil on triplex, Cityscape Italy, monogrammed b.r., dim. 2
    Dec. 12, 2022

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985), oil on triplex, Cityscape Italy, monogrammed b.r., dim. 2

    Est: €400 - €800

    Harm Henrick Kamerlingh Onnes (1893-1985), oil on triplex, Cityscape Italy, monogrammed b.r., dim. 23 x 27 cm, Provenance: Gallery Kunstcentrum

    Venduehuis Dickhaut Maastricht
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