Oil on canvas 74.5 x 91 cm, signed lower right and dated ’14
Annotatie verso:
'Mallorca 1914 Leo Gestel'.
Herkomst:
Mevrouw A. Gestel-Overtoom, Blaricum; Coll. Dr J.F.S. Esser, Amsterdam; Coll. de heer S. Josefowitz, Amsterdam; Part. coll. Engeland.
Literatuur:
Tent. cat. Noordbrabants Museum/Frans Halsmuseum, Leo Gestel als modernist, 's-Hertogenbosch 1983, afbeelding pag. 73, cat.nr. 45; A.B. Loosjes-Terpstra, Moderne Kunst in Nederland 1900-1914, Utrecht 1959, afbeelding pag. 149, cat.nr. 129.
Tentoonstelling:
Den Haag, Gemeentemuseum, De nieuwe beweging: Nederlandse schilderkunst rond 1910, 20 okt.-12 dec. 1955; Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, De nieuwe beweging: Nederlandse schilderkunst rond 1910, 17 dec. 1955-21 jan. 1956; Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum/De Hallen, Leo Gestel als modernist, 4 jun.-31 jul. 1983; 's-Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum, Leo Gestel als modernist, 20 aug.-16 okt. 1983.
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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