Klaas Boonstra artwork • painting • previously for sale Painting I
Klaas Boonstra
Krommenie 1905-1999 Schore
1905-1999
Painting I
oil on canvas 110.7 x 129.8 cm, signed l.r. and painted in the 1960's
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Dienst voor 's Rijks Verspreide Kunstvoorwerpen, Den Haag (nu: Instituut Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam), 1954, inv.nr. SZ 5879, inv./cat.nr. 2816.
Born in Krommenie in 1905, Klaas Boonstra started out as an independent painter working in an experimental abstract style. In 1940 he settled in Amsterdam and was swept up in the city's turbulent post-war artistic scene. He painted abstract compositions featuring a dynamic interplay of colourful, random shapes that evolved as an intuitive part of his working process. The influence of Picasso and Matisse is particularly evident in his pictures from the 1940s. In 1951 Boonstra joined with Willy Boers, Brands, Rooskens and several others to form Creatie, and Boonstra later became a member of Groep 54 and Liga Nieuw Beelden.
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