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Wim Oeptsartist • painter • watercolourist • draughtsmanAmsterdam 1904-1988 Parijs

biography of Willem Anthonie 'Wim' Oepts

Wim Oepts first earned his spurs in the Dutch art world with social-realist paintings. In 1938 he left for Paris where he had painting lessons from Emile-Othon Friesz and became acquainted with the work of Pierre Bonnard and André Derain. There he came to the conclusion that colour was the very essence of painting. This led to a visit to the South of France and his resulting paintings of villages and Mediterranean landscapes are striking for their colourful palette. After 1945 Oepts often worked with violet, bright yellow and cobalt blue, in search of a compromise between figuration and abstraction. In the early seventies his paintings reached their zenith. Oepts had been able to find the correct balance between monumentality and detail.


previously for salepaintings, watercolours and drawings by Wim Oepts


Wim Oepts | Wash basin pitcher, oil on canvas, 58.7 x 46.9 cm, signed l.r. and dated '28

Wim Oepts

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Wash basin pitcher

Wim Oepts | The Spoorbaanstraat in Amsterdam, oil on canvas, 43.1 x 58.8 cm, signed l.r. and dated '30

Wim Oepts

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The Spoorbaanstraat in Amsterdam

Wim Oepts | Oriental landscape, oil on canvas, 35.3 x 45.5 cm, signed l.r. and dated '58

Wim Oepts

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Oriental landscape

Wim Oepts | Provence, oil on canvas, 38.0 x 46.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated '68

Wim Oepts

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Provence

Wim Oepts | Les Mûriers, Saint Tropez, oil on board, 34.6 x 42.5 cm, signed l.r. and dated '46

Wim Oepts

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Les Mûriers, Saint Tropez

Wim Oepts | Village square, oil on canvas, 54.1 x 65.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated '66

Wim Oepts

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Village square

Wim Oepts | Sète harbour, oil on canvas, 38.1 x 46.2 cm, signed l.l. and dated '75

Wim Oepts

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Sète harbour

Wim Oepts | --, oil on canvas, 60.0 x 73.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated '54

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Wim Oepts | French village square with plane-trees, oil on canvas, 50.0 x 60.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated '58

Wim Oepts

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French village square with plane-trees

Wim Oepts | French Landscape, oil on canvas, 50.0 x 60.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated '53

Wim Oepts

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French Landscape

Wim Oepts | French landscape, oil on canvas, 27.3 x 41.5 cm, signed l.r. and dated '73

Wim Oepts

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French landscape

Wim Oepts | Carriages and figures, oil on canvas, 33.2 x 41.5 cm, signed l.r. and dated '53

Wim Oepts

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Carriages and figures

Wim Oepts | Orchard, oil on canvas, 38.2 x 46.0 cm, signed l.l. and dated '84

Wim Oepts

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Orchard

Wim Oepts | Aquaduct at Castries, oil on canvas, 54.0 x 65.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated '84

Wim Oepts

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Aquaduct at Castries

Wim Oepts | A sunny street in the Provence, oil on board, 61.1 x 50.3 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1953

Wim Oepts

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A sunny street in the Provence

Wim Oepts | Houses, oil on canvas, 24.2 x 40.9 cm, signed l.r. and dated '61

Wim Oepts

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Houses

Wim Oepts | The harbour, oil on canvas, 46.2 x 61.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated '57

Wim Oepts

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The harbour

Wim Oepts | The butcher, oil on canvas laid down on board, 31.8 x 20.6 cm, signed l.r. and dated '56

Wim Oepts

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The butcher

Wim Oepts | A landscape in France, oil on canvas, 55.5 x 46.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated '55

Wim Oepts

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A landscape in France

Wim Oepts | A street in a French town, oil on canvas, 32.6 x 40.8 cm, signed l.r. and dated '51

Wim Oepts

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A street in a French town

Wim Oepts | A park, South France, oil on canvas, 46.1 x 54.9 cm, signed on the reverse and painted circa 1940

Wim Oepts

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A park, South France

Wim Oepts | The fruit bowl, oil on canvas, 33.0 x 41.2 cm

Wim Oepts

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The fruit bowl

Wim Oepts | Lion Noir, Paris, oil on canvas, 38.1 x 46.1 cm, signed l.r. and dated '35

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Lion Noir, Paris

Wim Oepts | Landscape, South France, oil on canvas, 38.1 x 46.3 cm, signed l.r. and dated '59

Wim Oepts

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Landscape, South France

Wim Oepts | Display window, oil on canvas, 41.2 x 33.1 cm, signed l.r. and dated '49

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Display window

Wim Oepts | Caravans, oil on canvas, 33.0 x 41.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated '58

Wim Oepts

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Caravans

Wim Oepts | A reclining nude, oil on canvas, 26.5 x 34.5 cm, signed l.r. and dated '44

Wim Oepts

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A reclining nude

Wim Oepts | French garden, oil on canvas, 38.0 x 55.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated '59

Wim Oepts

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French garden

Wim Oepts | Vieux port de St. Tropez, oil on canvas laid down on painter's board, 12.4 x 14.3 cm, signed l.r. and painted ca. 1947

Wim Oepts

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Vieux port de St. Tropez

Wim Oepts | Landscape in the South of France, pencil and gouache on paper, 34.3 x 57.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1970

Wim Oepts

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Landscape in the South of France

Wim Oepts | Study of a woman's head, pen on paper, 20.0 x 11.5 cm, signed l.r. and dated '36

Wim Oepts

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Study of a woman's head

Wim Oepts | Figures in a ferry, pencil and chalk on paper, 23.0 x 21.0 cm, signed l.r. with 'O'

Wim Oepts

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Figures in a ferry

Wim Oepts | Figures on the beach, watercolour on paper, 21.5 x 29.5 cm

Wim Oepts

watercolour • drawing • previously for sale

Figures on the beach


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