Georg Rueter artwork • painting • previously for sale Old books
Georg Rueter
Haarlem 1875-1966 Amsterdam
1875-1966
Old books
oil on canvas 28.4 x 36.2 cm, signed u.r. and dated 1940
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam, nr. 512X.
Georg Rueter was educated at the Amsterdam Rijksacademie (National Academy) under the tutelage of August Allebé. He excelled in drawing and painting portraits and flower still-lifes, and at the beginning of this century was counted among the leading Dutch artists such as Breitner, Gestel, Maks and Sluijters. Rueter also worked as a glass painter, famous for his windows in the Delft Nieuwe Kerk church and St. Peter’s church in Leiden. He also developed ex-libris labels, postage stamps and book covers.
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