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Artworks by Artist: Maathuis, Nicolaas

Nicolaas Maathuis is a Dutch visual artist and designer. Born on June 23 in Deventer, the Netherlands, he followed a diverse educational and professional path, studying at the conservatory (ArtEZ), the Rietveld Academy, and the University of Amsterdam. His interests have ranged from music and pedagogy to visual art and law before he established himself as a visual artist and designer.

Maathuis works across painting, drawing, ceramics, furniture and applied art, often combining artistic ideas with functional objects. His work is characterised by simplified forms, a strong use of colour, and hand-drawn and handmade elements, with an interest in bringing art into everyday surroundings.

Maathuis lives and works in Buren, the Netherlands.

Nicolaas Maathuis is a Dutch visual artist and designer. Born on June 23 in Deventer, the Netherlands, he followed a diverse educational and professional path, studying at the conservatory (ArtEZ), the Rietveld Academy, and the University of Amsterdam. His interests have ranged from music and pedagogy to visual art and law before he established himself as a visual artist and designer.


Maathuis works across painting, drawing, ceramics, furniture and applied art, often combining artistic ideas with functional objects. His work is characterised by simplified forms, a strong use of colour, and hand-drawn and handmade elements, with an interest in bringing art into everyday surroundings.


Maathuis lives and works in Buren, the Netherlands.

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    A loose still life built from simplified forms and overlapping areas of colour. Green and blue hues dominate the composition, while visible brushwork gives the work a spontaneous, painterly quality. The forms remain while being reduced to their essential shapes and colour relationships.

    €1.065
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    A handmade ceramic nativity scene consisting of 16 individually formed figures presented in a wooden stable. The group includes Mary, Joseph and the child, the Three Kings, shepherds, an angel, animals and palm trees, together with two candle holders. Made in solid ceramic, the figures retain small variations from the hand-forming process. The set is...

    €565
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    A handmade ceramic fruit bowl with an openwork structure of repeated circular openings. The cut and shaped sections create a light, almost lace-like surface while maintaining the sculptural form of the bowl. Finished with a transparent glaze, each piece is individually made and unique.

    €425
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    Handmade ceramic nativity scene by Dutch artist Nicolaas Maathuis, featuring 10 hand-formed, unglazed ceramic figures and a two-panel wooden stable. Some figures are finished with blue engobe, adding subtle colour while preserving the natural surface of the clay. Signed and numbered, this limited-edition Christmas group comes in a letterbox-sized box with...

    €250
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    A handmade ceramic fruit bowl defined by an openwork surface of repeated circular forms. Individually shaped sections of clay create a strong graphic pattern while keeping the vessel light and open. A transparent glaze completes the piece, with each bowl remaining slightly different due to the handmade process.

    €400
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    A handmade ceramic fruit bowl with a distinctive openwork surface formed from individually shaped sections of clay. Repeated circular openings create a strong pattern across the vessel while keeping the overall form light and open. Finished with a transparent glaze, each piece has its own subtle variations.

    €475
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    Handmade ceramic nativity scene by Dutch artist Nicolaas Maathuis, featuring 13 hand-formed, unglazed ceramic figures, including an additional sheep and two palm trees, arranged in a three-panel wooden stable. Some figures are finished with blue engobe. Signed and numbered in a limited edition, this compact Christmas group comes with documentation in a...

    €275
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    Large abstract room divider, 201 × 156 cm, in gouache on paper, combining functional furniture with original artwork. Colourful red and green composition, wooden frame and protective Perspex. A statement piece for contemporary, eclectic or artistic interiors.

    €2.065
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    A landscape composed of overlapping areas of green, blue, sienna and earthy tones. The reduced forms suggest vegetation, land and distance while leaving the landscape open to interpretation. The restrained palette and broad shapes give the composition a quiet, balanced quality.

    €815
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    A graphic still life of a bowl of fruit and other objects arranged on a table and viewed from above. Reduced forms, charcoal lines and exposed areas of scratched paper create a textured composition with strong contrasts and a direct, handmade quality.

    €315
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    An expressive landscape reduced to broad fields of colour and simplified forms. Blue, red, ochre and warm earth tones overlap across the composition, creating a dynamic interplay of colour, depth and movement. The work combines an abstracted approach to landscape with the direct, painterly character of gouache.

    €1.000
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    A still life drawing of a bowl of fruit and other objects arranged on a table, viewed from above. Charcoal lines and simplified forms overlap across the scratched paper surface, creating a graphic composition with a Cubist character. The combination of charcoal and the treated paper gives the work a raw, tactile quality.

    €315
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