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Henk Melgers artwork • painting • for sale Drinking peasants, Drenthe

Henk Melgers

Drinking peasants, Drenthe
oil on canvas 68.3 x 74.6 cm, signed l.l. and on the reverse and painted ca. 1928

This painting is for sale.

Price: € 18,500

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    Literature: Cees Hofsteenge, 'De Ploeg 1918-1941. De hoogtijdagen', Groningen 1993, afb. in kleur pag. 131; Doeke Sijens e.a. 'Ekke A. Kleima, George G. Martens, Henk Melgers, Alida J. Pott, Jannes de Vries - 'bezield met meer of minder moderne' geest', Groningen 2003, afb. in kleur pag. 152; E. Bos, 'Een palmboom bij Zuidwolde. Vijfentwintig opstellen over De Ploeg', Groningen 2003, afb. in kleur pag. 62; Groningen, Groninger Museum, 'Vijf Kunstenaars van De Ploeg', 2004, pag. 4, cat.nr. 12; Doek Sijens, Han Steenbruggen, 'Ploeg Jaarboek 2003', Stichting De Ploeg/Groninger Museum, Groningen 2004, afb. in kleur pag. 2.
    Exhibited: Groningen, Groninger Museum, 'Vijf Kunstenaars van De Ploeg', 11 okt. 2003-18 april 2004.

    The Groningen Expressionist Henk Melgers trained at the Minerva Academy of Art and became a member of De Ploeg in 1926. The landscapes and portraits of his early Ploeg years are characterised by divisionism: he built up his compositions from brushstrokes placed next to each other. With regard to colour and form, these are close to the work of his fellow Ploeg members. After his move to Zeegse in north Drenthe in 1927 his subject matter changed to farm landscapes with figures and scenes of an anecdotal nature. His style became increasingly more impressionist realism. After 1933 he lived for a time in Amsterdam.


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