Kees Maks artwork • watercolour • drawing • for sale Tiroler ballet at the Bouwmeester Revue
Kees Maks
Amsterdam 1876-1967
1876-1967
Tiroler ballet at the Bouwmeester Revue
gouache on paper 48.0 x 68.0 cm, signed l.l. and painted ca. 1938
This work on paper is for sale.
Price: € 7,500
Literature: vgl.: Renée Smithuis, 'Feest van Carnaval tot Kerst: een bonte inventarisatie van de vorige eeuw', Zoetermeer 2008, pag. 56 (olieverfschilderij van hetzelfde onderwerp).
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam/Bijzondere collecties, 'Carré: 125 jaar Koninklijk Circus en Theater in Amsterdam', 27 sept. 2012-20 jan. 2013.
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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