Jef Ongenae artwork • painting • previously for sale Composition Périphérique
Jef Ongenae
Antwerpen (België) 1921-1993 Amsterdam
1921-1993
Composition Périphérique
oil on panel 125.3 x 125.4 cm, signed on the reverse and executed in 1960
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: rechtstreeks gekocht van de schilder door Alexander Orlow voor de Peter Stuyvesant Collectie, Zevenaar, 1960, PSC inv.nr. 15.01.01; veiling, Sotheby's Amsterdam, 'The BAT Artventure Collection formerly known as The Peter Stuyvesant Collection', 8 maart 2010, lotnr. 54.
Literature: tent.cat. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 'Peter Stuyvesant Collectie', 1962, z.p., afb. in kleur.
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 'Peter Stuyvesant Collectie', 18 jan.-12 febr. 1962; Berlijn, Industrie Ausstellung, Nederlands Paviljoen, 'Das Museum in der Fabrik: Peter Stuyvesant Kollektion', 22 sept.-7 okt. 1962; Melbourne, Australië, Museum of Modern Art (reizende tentoonstelling), 'The art gallery in the factory/Le musée dans l’usine/Das Museum in der Fabrik', 1964-1967; Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Kunst Werkt: Internationale moderne kunst in de industriële werkomgeving, een meer dan 30-jaar durend experiment/Art Works: International modern art in the industrial working environment, an experiment over more than thirty years, 21 dec.-3 febr. 1992.
Initially, Jef Ongenae worked as an apprentice at an advertising agency. The seeds of his artistry lie in the Second World War, when he became acquainted with the work of Braque, Picasso and Kandinsky through books at his hiding place. Ongenae initially paints figuratively and in the line of Flemish expressionism. From 1946 he opted for geometric abstraction. When he discovered the work of Piet Mondrian during a job at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1950, he decided to further develop his neoplasticism. Ongenae was one of the founders of Liga Nieuw Beelden.
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