Jacobus van Looy artwork • painting • for sale Gourd pears
Jacobus van Looy
Haarlem 1855-1930
1855-1930
Gourd pears
oil on panel 35.0 x 26.7 cm, signed l.l. with initials
This painting is for sale.
Price: € 14,800
Provenance: part. coll. Kampen.
Literature: Joyce van der Smit-Meijer, Chris Will (red.), 'Jacobus van Looy (1855-1930): Niets is zoo mooi als zien ...', Zwolle/Haarlem 1998, pag. 167, cat.nr. 183 (met afb.).
Exhibited: 'Jacobus van Looy (1855-1930): Niets is zoo mooi als zien ...', Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, 19 dec. 1998-7 maart 1999/Helmond, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, 21 maart-24 mei 1999.
Jacobus van Looy, known as the writer of the Jaapje, Jaap en Jakob trilogy, described himself as a 'born painter who also happened to be a writer'. In his paintings and drawings he differed from his contemporaries through his idiosyncratic presentation. After 1901 he decided never to exhibit or sell again. After 1913 he painted 'Calabash Pears' in the garden of his house in Haarlem. It is part of a small series of flowers and fruits that the artist has hung all over the house.
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