Dick Ket artwork • painting • previously for sale A bunch of wildflowers
Dick Ket
Den Helder 1902-1940 Bennekom
1902-1940
A bunch of wildflowers
oil on canvas 100.1 x 81.0 cm, signed l.r. and dated '25
This painting was previously for sale.
Literature: W.J. de Gruyter, Joh. Mekkink, 'Dick Ket 1902-1940', Arnhem 1962, pag. 150, nr. 39 (met afb.nr. 5) en 1968, pag. 153, nr. 39 (met afb.nr. 5); A. Ottevanger, M. Mekkink, 'Dick Ket, over zijn leven, ideeën en kunst', Zwolle 1994, pag. 152, nr. 22
Exhibited: Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, 'Dick Ket 1902-1940', 1962, cat.nr. 39, pag. 150 (met afb.nr. 5); Spanbroek, Frisia Museum, 'Kunstenaars rond Ket', 15 mrt.-15 juni 2003
Dick Ket is best known as a painter of meticulously painted still lifes and portraits. These appeared after 1930, when due to the effects of a heart condition he was forced to withdraw to his studio. Before then, from 1919 on, he was an ebullient painter, rendering his impressions spontaneously onto canvas in deft brush strokes. He chiefly painted landscapes and cityscapes and often painted outdoors.
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