Ben Brunklaus artwork • painting • for sale The world behind the window
Ben Brunklaus
Dordrecht 1907-1977 Den Bosch
1907-1977
The world behind the window
oil on board 59.9 x 69.8 cm, signed l.l. and dated '68, without frame
This painting is for sale.
price range: € 2,500 - € 5,000
Provenance: coll. L. & L. Honsdrecht, Monaco; veiling Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 20 maart 1978, lotnr. 14.
Literature: tent.cat. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 'De L. & L. Honsdrecht collectie: een particuliere verzameling Nederlandse figuratieve schilderkunst na 1850', 1977, pag. 5/6, cat.nr. 14.
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh, 'De L. & L. Honsdrecht collectie: een particuliere verzameling Nederlandse figuratieve schilderkunst na 1850', 18 juni 1977-12 sept. 1977; veiling Sotheby Mak van Waay, 'De L. & L. Honsdrecht Collectie, 20 maart 1978, cat.nr. 14 (met afb.).
Bernard Brunklaus only started painting at a later age. In a realism that tends to naive, he composes performances in a closed space that are often reminiscent of shop windows. It is known that until 1966, in addition to painting, he had a job as a window dresser at the HEMA department store. He then became a full-time artist and exhibited at the Amsterdam Galeries Siau and Lieve Hemel. There is work by Brunklaus in the Boymans Van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam and the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem.
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