Floris Verster artwork • painting • previously for sale Glass vases with nasturtium and hortensias
Floris Verster
Leiden 1861-1927
1861-1927
Glass vases with nasturtium and hortensias
oil on canvas 73.7 x 56.5 cm, signed l.r. and dated '94
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: coll. W.C.A. Huinck, Utrecht; part. coll. België.
Literature: W. Scherjon, 'Floris Verster 1861-1927. Volledig geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn schilderijen, waskrijt- en waterverfteekeningen, en grafisch werk', Utrecht 1928, pag. 66, cat.nr. 89 (met afb., als 'Flesschen met O.I. Kers en Hortensia's'); Christiaan Vogelaar, 'Floris Verster', Leiden 2003, pag. 117, cat.nr. 89 (met afb.).
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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