Jan van der Zee artwork • painting • for sale Ships in the Damsterdiep; on the reverse: Summer landscape
Jan van der Zee
Leeuwarden 1898-1988 Groningen
1898-1988
Ships in the Damsterdiep; on the reverse: Summer landscape
oil on panel 24.4 x 30.5 cm, signed l.r.
This painting is for sale.
Price: € 11,800
Jan van der Zee is one of the most talented painters of the Groninger Ploeg. In 1923, when he became a member of this artists' association, he painted geometric-abstract compositions for some time. In 1926 due to the negative criticism, he switched to painting landscapes, portraits and still lifes in Groningen. This can best be described as earthy: they are powerful, strong in structure and painted in a sturdy, expressionist brush stroke. Often there is a clear focus on the structure in the landscape and the rhythm of successive shapes and surfaces. It is therefore not surprising that the work of the painter became increasingly abstract in the 1950s.