Wijga, Jan (sold)
Jan Wijga (December 13, 1902 - December 10, 1978), aka Wyga, was a Dutch Art Deco painter, designer, and illustrator active in Holland in the middle part of the 20th century. Wijga worked extensively for KNILM (Royal Dutch Indies Airways) and various beer companies, producing posters and other highly graphic promotional material. We are aware of only 3 cartographic images by Wijga, a map of KNILM routes, a smaller but similar map focusing on Bali/Lombok, and an ethnographic game-map of the world. Wijga's work is typically considered in the context of with other European commercial artists who rose to prominence during the interwar period, including Lucien Boucher, Otto Arpke, Jean Carlu, Paul Colin, and Albert Solon, among others. Their work took advantage of advancements in color printing made before and during World War I (1914 - 1918) to issue stunning large format maps with large intense solid color blocks and eye-popping graphics.
Striking Art Deco airline advertising map for the Dutch East Indies.
Complete Map of the Airlines of K.N.I.L.M., Royal Netherlands Indies Airways.
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A striking c. 1935 art deco map of the East India archipelago and parts of Southeast Asia drawn by Dutch commercial artist Jan Wijga for KNILM, or the Royal Netherlands Indies Airways (1928 - 1942). The map covers from Bangkok to Darwin, Australia, and from Sumatra to New Guinea. The former Dutch East Indies, modern day Indonesia, are highlighted with vivid coloration and vignette illustrations of the indigenous people, architecture, and wildlife. Solid lines indicate the airlines extant routes, while dotted lines illustrate proposed routes - including the KNILM's planned amphibious routes to the rural eastern islands of the archipelago. The plane in the image is the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra, more commonly known as the Lockheed 14, the 14 passenger star of the KNILM fleet. (more details)
Pageant of life on Earth.
[Map of the World].
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- File Size: 63.93 MB
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This is a 1950 Jan Wijga pictorial map of the world. Presenting a dynamic mix of the world's people and wildlife, the map depicts the world divided into hemispheres. Although unaccompanied by its index, 150 different people and animals are illustrated. Portraits portray the pageant of humanity. For example, a cowboy and a Native American are illustrated in North America, along with a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police near Vancouver, and a fisherman in Newfoundland. Portraits in South America and Africa focus on tribal societies. Asians wear traditional costumes and jewelry. The world's great architecture is also on display, from the skyscrapers of America's East Coast to the iconic onion domes of Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow, the Pyramids at Giza, and the Taj Mahal. Large illustrations of a bear, wolf, camel, reindeer and kangaroo are among the fauna illustrated. The whole is a wonderful summary of life on Earth. (more details)