Joop Vreugdenhil artwork • painting • for sale Composition

The Hague painter Joop Vreugdenhill initially painted expressionistic figurative representations, until in the 1960s he focused on making geometric abstract compositions. The task he set himself was to arrive at a harmonious arrangement of the rectangular elements with which he built up his compositions. The painting was preceded by a process of careful consideration of dimensions, mutual proportions and of shape and colour until a balance was reached.