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The figuration is a constant in the Dutch visual arts of the 20th century, also after the Second World War, when experiment and abstraction predominate.

Protest against abstraction
Sometimes the figuration is a form of protest against the monopoly of abstraction. For example, in 1945 Kees Verwey and Otto B. de Kat founded the Hollandse Aquarellistenkring, whose artists relied heavily on visible reality and focused on traditional subjects such as landscape and still life. Many artists joined in a short time, including Kees Andréa, Jan Wiegers and Matthieu Wiegman. The Realists formed in Amsterdam in 1948, with Nicolaas Wijnberg, Theo Kurpershoek and Hans van Norden as initiators. They wanted to develop expressive figurative art as a counterpart to abstraction. Exhibitions of a varied group with participants such as Jan van Heel, Herman Berserik and Kees Andréa followed each year. The highlight was the exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1951. In the 'den of the lion', because under the direction of Willem Sandberg, this museum was also a platform for the CoBrA movement at the time.

Own way
In addition, there are the artists who continue the realism, the New Objectivity, the surrealism and the magical realism that started in the 1930s, such as Charley Toorop, Edgar Fernhout, Ger Gerrits and Gerard Röling. And the painters who seek their own way within the figuration, such as Jan Voerman Jr., Sal Meijer, Jan Bogaerts, Ferdinand Erfmann, Harm Kamerlingh Onnes, Anton Heyboer, Henk Helmantel and Erik Andriesse. It is striking that after 1945 many sculptors stick to the craft and a figurative style, such as Mari Andriessen, Charlotte van Pallandt, Piet Esser, Hildo Krop, Han Wezelaar and Theresia van der Pant.

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Will Leewens | Kosmos, oil on board laid down on panel, 32.0 x 52.0 cm, signed u.l. and dated '62

Will Leewens

painting • for sale

Kosmos

Jan Roëde | Night train, oil on canvas, 46.7 x 55.5 cm, signed l.r. and dated '66

Jan Roëde

painting • for sale

Night train

Evert van Hemert | 'Haarlempje'; Evert van Hemert's Ruysdael, oil on board, 29.0 x 29.0 cm, signed l.r. 'v. Hemert/Ruysdael' and dated 2016

Evert van Hemert

painting • for sale

'Haarlempje'; Evert van Hemert's Ruysdael

JeanMarianne Bremers | 'Kom Ma', bronze, 30.0 x 19.5 cm, signed on the bottom and with monogram on the base and dated 1991

JeanMarianne Bremers

statue • sculptuur • for sale

'Kom Ma'

Europese School, 20e eeuw | Lying dog, bronze, 5.6 x 10.9 cm

Europese School, 20e eeuw

statue • sculptuur • for sale

Lying dog

Onbekend | Innige Umarmung, bronze, 19.0 x 8.6 cm, signed with monogram on the base

Onbekend

statue • sculptuur • for sale

Innige Umarmung

JeanMarianne Bremers | Male torso, bronze, 23.0 x 8.2 cm, signed with monogram right leg

JeanMarianne Bremers

statue • sculptuur • for sale

Male torso

John Rockx | Activity in a port, oil on canvas, 40.1 x 60.2 cm, signed l.l.

John Rockx

painting • for sale

Activity in a port

Kees Verkade | Study for sculpture 'l'Elan', pencil on paper, 31.0 x 24.8 cm, signed l.r. and dated sept. '96

Kees Verkade

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Study for sculpture 'l'Elan'

Johan Jorna | Retreat, bronze, 39.0 x 31.0 cm

Johan Jorna

statue • sculptuur • for sale

Retreat

Ewald Mataré | Phoenix, cast-iron, 15.9 x 14.2 cm, signed with monogram and dated 1954

Ewald Mataré

statue • sculptuur • for sale

Phoenix

Hendrik Spetter | The Spaansekade in Rotterdam, oil on canvas, 50.1 x 70.1 cm, signed l.r. and dated '76

Hendrik Spetter

painting • for sale

The Spaansekade in Rotterdam

Jits Bakker | Two playing foals, bronze, 10.3 x 11.4 cm, signed on the base

Jits Bakker

statue • sculptuur • for sale

Two playing foals

Jits Bakker | Frolicking foal, bronze, 11.5 x 7.6 cm, signed on the base

Jits Bakker

statue • sculptuur • for sale

Frolicking foal

Jits Bakker | Handstand, bronze, 21.6 x 6.4 cm, signed on the base

Jits Bakker

statue • sculptuur • for sale

Handstand

Jits Bakker | Ballet dancer, bronze, 17.4 x 9.5 cm, signed on the base

Jits Bakker

statue • sculptuur • for sale

Ballet dancer

Jits Bakker | Marion washes her hair, bronze, 11.3 x 4.3 cm, signed on the base

Jits Bakker

statue • sculptuur • for sale

Marion washes her hair

Harm Kamerlingh Onnes | Vase with two figures, earthenware, 23.0 cm

Harm Kamerlingh Onnes

statue • sculptuur • for sale

Vase with two figures

Onbekend | -, lithograph, 79.0 x 45.0 cm, signed l.r.

Onbekend

prints & multiples • for sale

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Kees Andréa | Three figures, oil on board, 17.9 x 23.9 cm, signed u.r.

Kees Andréa

painting • for sale

Three figures

Co Westerik | Together at the table, watercolour on paper, 16.0 x 22.0 cm, signed l.c. and dated june 1972

Co Westerik

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Together at the table

Pieter d'Hont | The Conversation, bronze, 55.0 x 36.0 cm, executed in 1960

Pieter d'Hont

statue • sculptuur • for sale

The Conversation

Reinier Lucassen | The spirit of the Iniet, pencil and watercolour on paper, 31.0 x 24.7 cm, signed l.c. with initials and in full on the reverse and dated l.c. 985 and '85 on the reverse

Reinier Lucassen

watercolour • drawing • for sale

The spirit of the Iniet

Harm Kamerlingh Onnes | A man and a woman at a church concert at Voorschoten, pen and ink, chalk and watercolour on paper, 23.3 x 28.1 cm, signed l.r. with monogram and dated '69

Harm Kamerlingh Onnes

watercolour • drawing • for sale

A man and a woman at a church concert at Voorschoten

Harm Kamerlingh Onnes | Maidservant, polychrome glazed earthenware, 25.5 x 11.5 cm, signed on the inside with monogram and dated '76

Harm Kamerlingh Onnes

painting • for sale

Maidservant

Harm Kamerlingh Onnes | Group hug, polychrome glazed earthenware, 16.5 x 15.0 cm, signed on the underside with monogram and stamp and dateed '81

Harm Kamerlingh Onnes

painting • for sale

Group hug

Harm Kamerlingh Onnes | On the teeter-totter, polychrome glazed earthenware, wood, 20.5 x 18.0 cm, signed on the underside with monogram and dated '64

Harm Kamerlingh Onnes

painting • for sale

On the teeter-totter

Kees Verkade | Clown, bronze, 52.5 cm, signed on the base with initials and dated '77 on the base

Kees Verkade

statue • sculptuur • for sale

Clown


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