Geer van Velde artwork • painting • previously for sale Village view
Geer van Velde
Lisse 1898-1977 Cachan (Frankrijk)
1898-1977
Village view
oil on canvas 45.4 x 66.2 cm, signed l.l. and on the reverse and painted ca. 1925-1928
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Galerie d'Eendt, Amsterdam; Simonis&Buunk, Ede, 2001, part. coll. Haarlem.
Literature: Erik Slagter, 'Geer van Velde en het licht', Zwolle 1998, pag. 40 (met afb. in kleur); Rainer Michael Mason, Sylvie Ramond, 'Bram et Geer van Velde. Deux peintres, un nom', Parijs 2010, pag. 47, cat.nr. 32 (met afb. in kleur) en pag. 294. afb. 7 (in kleur).
Exhibited: Lyon, Frankrijk, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 'Bram et Geer van Velde', 16 april-1 aug. 2010.
Geer van Velde belongs to the pre-eminent artists of the post-war École de Paris. Originally a house painter, he joined his brother Bram in Paris in 1925 to develop his artistic talent further. At first he made figurative-expressionist work. However, especially after his move to the South of France in 1938, he found his own style, influenced by the Mediterranean light: reality simplified into vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines and filled-in areas of colour. In this, the depiction of a pale, filtered light played a major role. Until 1940 figures and objects were still recognisable in his work.
© Simonis & Buunk
