Gub Boissevain artwork • painting • previously for sale The taboo
Gub Boissevain
Hilversum 1929 - 2008 Bergen aan Zee
1929-2008
The taboo
acrylic on canvas 100.2 x 120.2 cm, signed l.r. and dated 1979
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Dienst voor 's Rijks Verspreide Kunstvoorwerpen, Den Haag (nu: Instituut Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam), 1979, inv.nr. BK 64300.
Versatile artist Guus Boissevain works as a visual artist, graphic artist, cartoonist and illustrator. His free painting is strongly related to his 'applied' work: he depicts his subjects in a sometimes comic and advertising-like figurative style, akin to pop art. As an advertising illustrator, he made a name for himself in the 1950s with the 'Piet Pelle on his Gazelle' campaign for the well-known bicycle manufacturer. Guus Boissevain made many trips abroad, including to Canada, Australia, Indonesia, Turkey, Spain and New York. He also signs with the pseudonym 'Gub'.
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