Geer van Velde artwork • watercolour • drawing • for sale Untitled
Geer van Velde
Lisse 1898-1977 Cachan (Frankrijk)
1898-1977
Untitled
chalk and watercolour on vellum paper 21.0 x 20.0 cm, signed l.l. with the artist's stamp and dated 1965
This work on paper is for sale.
Price: € 2,800
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.