Kees Maks artwork • painting • for sale Dressage in the circus
Kees Maks
Amsterdam 1876-1967
1876-1967
Dressage in the circus
oil on board 40.1 x 49.9 cm, signed l.l.
This painting is for sale.
Price: € 9,200
Provenance: coll. L. & L. Honsdrecht, Amsterdam; veiling Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 20 maart 1978, lotnr. 83; coll. L. & L. Honsdrecht, Amsterdam; veiling Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 22 juni 1998, lotnr. 520.
Literature: L. Honsdrecht, 'De L. & L. Honsdrecht-collectie: een particuliere verzameling Nederlandse figuratieve schilderkunst na 1850', Amsterdam 1977, pag. 10, cat.nr. 99.
The painter Kees Maks was a pupil of G.H. Breitner, which can be traced in the bold, robust visual arrangement of his paintings. He divided his time between Amsterdam and Paris and mainly painted scenes from the circus and theatre in rich tones and extreme contrasts of light and shade. His work was regarded by his contemporaries as non-Dutch but was well-received in France, particularly Paris. Between 1910 and 1945 Maks participated in the capital’s annual Salons.
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