Ben Walrecht artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale A view of Loosdrecht
Ben Walrecht
Groningen 1911-1980 Hilversum
1911-1980
A view of Loosdrecht
watercolour and gouache on paper 82.3 x 125.0 cm, signed l.r. and painted between 1945-55
This work on paper was previously for sale.
Ben Walrecht is one of the painters who joined the Groninger Ploeg in the 1930s. He was originally an advertising designer and also devoted himself to painting Groningen cityscapes, portraits and landscapes. His motives, smooth impressionism and free use of color matched those of the Ploeg members and in 1936 he therefore became a member of this group of artists. Walrecht's passion for water led to the purchase of a ship, on which he eventually went to live and with which he sailed through Friesland in the summer with Martens and Dijkstra.