Jo Koster artwork • painting • previously for sale A Breton harbour scene
Jo Koster
Kampen 1868-1944 Heelsum
1868-1944
A Breton harbour scene
oil on canvas laid down on painter's board 35.5 x 55.3 cm, signed u.l. and dated 1927
This painting was previously for sale.
Literature: Klaas Roodenburg, Renske van der Linde-Beins, Onno Maurer, 'Jo Koster 1868-1944. Een zwervend bestaan', Zwolle 2003, afb. in kleur pag. 102.
Exhibited: Amersfoort, Museum Flehite, 1 mrt.-25 mei 2003, Zwolle, Stedelijk Museum Zwolle, 31 mei-24 aug. 2003, Jo Koster 1868-1944: een zwervend bestaan. Najaarstentoonstelling 2001.
After being taught painting at the Rijksnormaalschool voor Teekenonderwijs, Amsterdam, Jo Koster spent three years in Blanc Garin’s atelier in Brussels, where she met artists from the international modern movements Les XX and La Libre Esthétique. The first two decades of the 20th century represent the zenith of Koster’s oeuvre. She worked in Laren, Staphorst and Hattem, painting landscapes, peasants and the occasional still-life in a modern, Neo-Impressionist style. Notwithstanding, she had no wish to be ‘modern’ as such and based on her own feelings sought a highly personal form of expression.
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