Janus de Winterartist • painterUtrecht 1882-1951 Den Helder

The Utrecht avant-garde painter Janus de Winter was already making abstract paintings around 1915, representations inspired by emotion and the subconscious. With his work and theories, which corresponded to those of his great example Wassily Kandinsky, he influenced many Dutch artists, writers and musicians in his time. From 1930, De Winter's work becomes more traditional. First he paints landscapes, interesting for their color schemes and often unusually large dimensions. He applies the oil paint in rough strokes and with a palette knife. In the following years he left expressionism for good and devoted himself to winter landscapes and colourful flower still lifes.