Otto Tussenbroek critiqued Jesse's photographs[REF] in the 1935 Elsevier's Geïllustreerd Maandschrift (Monthly Illustrated Review)[REF] and his work is included in Modern Photography: The Studio Annual of Camera Art 1935-1936 in which he writes: "I have taken photographs for about seven years now without help or teaching from anyone.
Gerrit Rietveld opened the first solo exhibition by Nico Jesse at art dealer Wagenaar's at Nieuwe Gracht 25 Utrecht.