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George Martens artwork • painting • previously for sale Sailing on the Paterswoldsemeer, Groningen

Martens G.G.  | Gijsbert 'George' Martens, Sailing on the Paterswoldsemeer, Groningen, oil on canvas 40.5 x 40.4 cm, signed l.r. and dated '28
Martens G.G.  | Gijsbert 'George' Martens, Sailing on the Paterswoldsemeer, Groningen, oil on canvas 40.5 x 40.4 cm, signed l.r. and dated '28

George Martens

Sailing on the Paterswoldsemeer, Groningen
oil on canvas 40.5 x 40.4 cm, signed l.r. and dated '28

This painting was previously for sale.

Provenance: part. bezit Groot-Brittannië.

George Martens was among the founders of the Groningen artists' collective De Ploeg in 1918. Already an established name at the time, he enjoyed particular success as a portraitist. Influenced by artists like Jan Wiegers, he adopted a more rapid and immediate technique, with a free and lavish use of colour. Martens depicted a diverse range of subjects: the city of Groningen, landscapes, still lifes, portraits, figural studies and his signature scenes of fairs and circuses. Boats were another favourite subject. After 1929 his work becomes less wild in character, with the alternating use of a palette knife and brush to produce a smooth paint surface. Aside from paintings, Martens also made posters, woodcuts and tapestry designs.


George Martens | A couple on a chair, gouache on paper, 85.6 x 64.6 cm

George Martens

watercolour • drawing • for sale

A couple on a chair

George Martens | Flower still life with lemons, benzinerel and wax paint on canvas, 50.3 x 50.3 cm, signed u.r.

George Martens

painting • for sale

Flower still life with lemons

George Martens | Kattendiep, evening, oil on panel, 31.0 x 42.5 cm, signed on the reverse and painted ca. 1925

George Martens

painting • for sale

Kattendiep, evening

George Martens | Reclining nude, oil on canvas, 38.2 x 61.6 cm, signed u.r. and dated '34

George Martens

painting • for sale

Reclining nude

George Martens | Reclyning nude, oil on canvas, 80.3 x 64.7 cm, signed l.r. and dated '29

George Martens

painting • for sale

Reclyning nude

George Martens | Still life with flowers and toy horse, oil on canvas, 50.5 x 50.3 cm, signed reverse on stretcher

George Martens

painting • for sale

Still life with flowers and toy horse

George Martens | Two women and a pram, ink on paper, 26.0 x 21.2 cm, signed l.l. and dated '34

George Martens

watercolour • drawing • for sale

Two women and a pram


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