Janus de Winter artwork • painting • previously for sale Autumn colours
Janus de Winter
Utrecht 1882-1951 Den Helder
1882-1951
Autumn colours
oil on canvas 100.8 x 150.5 cm, signed l.r. and painted ca. 1930
This painting was previously for sale.
The Utrecht avant-garde painter Janus de Winter was already making abstract paintings around 1915, representations inspired by emotion and the subconscious. With his work and theories, which corresponded to those of his great example Wassily Kandinsky, he influenced many Dutch artists, writers and musicians in his time. From 1930, De Winter's work becomes more traditional. First he paints landscapes, interesting for their color schemes and often unusually large dimensions. He applies the oil paint in rough strokes and with a palette knife. In the following years he left expressionism for good and devoted himself to winter landscapes and colourful flower still lifes.