Nico van Rijn was a Dutch painter who lived in the small village of Laren, near Amsterdam. He studied art at the Academy of Visual Arts in the Hague from 1911 to 1913 and worked as a painter, draftsman, and graphic artist who enjoyed woodcuts. He also worked with Dutch luminists and post-impressionists such as Ferdinand Hart Nibbrig, William Singer, and Co Breman. He was very eccentric and so immersed in his paintings that he couldn’t give them up, and he suffered financially because he rarely sold his works. He suffered from a religious mania in the 1930’s and was committed to a mental institution by his brother. Nuns provided food for him and he gave them paintings in exchange. This oil on board by Nico van Rijn is titled “Stilleven met Vis” in Dutch, which means “Still-life with Fish” in English. It was done in 1915, according to provenance with the painting, and shows a traditional still-life. It has a label on the back from the Singer Gallery in Laren, his home town, and the title of the painting is on the label as well. The overall size is 16 1/4 in. x 20 3/4 in. wide and the sight size is 10 in. x 14 1/4 in. wide.