Nikolaas Mathijs EEKMAN (1889-1973) known as EKMA The Sleeping Shepherds Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right September 1941 Signed, titled and dated on the back, and located Saint-Jean-de-Luz with artist's address in Paris 60 x 81 cm Nicolas Mathieu Eekman, born in Brussels on August 9, 1889 and died in Paris on November 13, 1973, was a Dutch figurative painter and engraver, also known in France, Belgium and the Netherlands as Nico Eekman, Nic Eekman and under the pseudonym Ekma. He is also an engraver, draughtsman, watercolorist and book illustrator. In 1941, he exhibited in Saint-Jean-de-Luz.

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