Floris Verster artwork • painting • previously for sale Ginger jar with climbing roses and phloxes
Floris Verster
Leiden 1861-1927
1861-1927
Ginger jar with climbing roses and phloxes
oil on canvas 28.6 x 25.7 cm, signed l.r. and dated '09
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Kunsthandel M.L. de Boer, Amsterdam, inv.nr. 10551; Kunsthandel G.J. Scherpel, Bussum; coll. B. Meijer, Wassenaar, inv.nr. 388, 1986.
Literature: W. Scherjon, 'Floris Verster 1861-1927. Volledig geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn schilderijen, waskrijt- en waterverfteekeningen, en grafisch werk', Utrecht 1928, pag. 88, cat.nr. 183 (met afb., als 'Gemberpot met klimroosjes en flox'); tent.cat. 'Floris Verster 1861-1927', Leiden, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal/Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, 1986, pag. 17, cat.nr. 43 en afb. 19; Christiaan Vogelaar, 'Floris Verster', Leiden 2003, pag. 127, cat.nr. 183 (met afb.).
Exhibited: 'Floris Verster 1861-1927', Leiden, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, 28 juni-31 aug. 1986/Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, 27 sept.-9 nov. 1986.
In his early work, Verster was captivated by the Hague School, which was then at the height of its fame. He often painted atmospheric landscapes around his hometown of Leiden. He also went to Bergen and Noorden to paint. Around 1885 he switched to painting still lifes of flowers and simple objects, contemplative in nature and with a strong symbolic charge. In this, Verster joined the painters who were no longer concerned with the outward forms of nature, but depicted these as animated by an inner force.
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