Black chalck and crayon on paper 126 x 113 cm, signed lower right and dated 1916
Provenance:
Coll. Piet Boendermaker, Amsterdam/Bergen, nr. 3442; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1924; Veiling Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 4-6 nov. 1958, lot 429; S. Josefowitz, Amsterdam; K. van der Meer, Den Haag.
Literature:
W. van der Pluym, Leo Gestel de schilder en zijn werk, Amsterdam 1936, nr. 22; E. Heuves e.a., Leo Gestel schilder en tekenaar, Zwolle 1993, pag. 58 en 104, nr. 94; P. Spijk, De Bergense school en Piet Boendemaker, Zwollle 1997, pag. 228, cat.nr. 3442.
Exhibition:
Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum, Leo Gestel als modernist, 4 jun.-30 jul. 1983; Laren, Singer Museum, Leo Gestel, 28 nov. 1993-30 jan. 1994; Bergen, Museum Kranenburgh, Piet Boendemaker, 16 mei-28 sep. 1997; Den Haag, Museum het Paleis, Huiskamers/Schatkamers, 2 dec. 2000-4 feb. 2001; Bergen, Museum Kranenburgh, Gestel in Bergen, 18 mei-6 okt. 2002.
Leo Gestel is generally referred to as one of the great Dutch Modern artists, a title he bears ex aequo with Jan Sluijters. Leo Gestel was a painter, both in oil and watercolour, and he drew, predominantly landscapes, figures, still-lifes and flowers. He created his own style, heavily influenced by impressionism, luminism, fauvism and cubism. From 1915, Leo Gestel worked in the picturesque Dutch village Bergen, and was a representative of the ...
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