Leo Gestel artwork • watercolour • drawing • for sale A roller skating rink with Japanese lanterns
Leo Gestel
Woerden 1881-1941 Hilversum
1881-1941
A roller skating rink with Japanese lanterns
black chalk and pastel on paper 41.5 x 52.0 cm, signed l.r. and painted ca. 1910-1911
This work on paper is for sale.
Price: € 68,000
Literature: Carole Denninger, 'Amsterdam – 365 stadsgezichten’, Bussum 2008, nr. 345 (met afb. in kleur); Ingelies Vermeulen e.a., 'Nachtlicht. De schilders van het nieuwe licht 1880-1940', Haarlem 2010, afb. in kleur pag. 12, pag. 124; Niko Mulder, Jos Pronk, 'Acht eeuwen schaatsen in en om Amsterdam', Utrecht 2014, pag. 101, afb. 16.7 (in kleur).
Exhibited: 'Nachtlicht', Deurne, Museum De Wieger, 18 dec. 2010-6 maart 2011/Amersfoort, Museum Flehite, 12 maart-5 juni 2011; Woerden, Stadsmuseum Woerden, 'Jeugdvrienden, Leo Gestel & Cornelis Vreedenburgh', 2 juli-2 okt. 2016.
Leo Gestel’s work shows influences from Impressionism, Luminism, Fauvism and Cubism. His talent, however, ensures an entirely personal, Dutch interpretation of these international art movements. Along with Jan Sluijters he is considered one of the two leading Dutch modernists. After 1915 he worked mainly in Bergen and was part of the Bergen School. He is best known for his landscapes, still lifes and portraits. His work is represented in almost every leading Dutch museum.
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