Leo Gestel artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale Friends (recto); study in pencil of horse and bull
Leo Gestel
Woerden 1881-1941 Hilversum
1881-1941
Friends (recto); study in pencil of horse and bull
pastel on paper 76.7 x 56.2 cm, signed l.l. and dated 1927
This work on paper was previously for sale.
Provenance: mevrouw An Gestel-Overtoom, Blaricum; coll. P.A. Regnault, Laren; erven P.A. Regnault.
Literature: F.M. Huebner, 'Bij het werk van Leo Gestel', 'Opgang' 37 (1932), afb. pag. 580; Paul Fierens, 'l'Art Hollandais Contemporain', Parijs 1933, afb. 18; J. Slagter, 'Leo Gestel', Den Haag 1946, afb. 18; Piet Boyens, 'Sint-Martens-Latem. Kunstenaarsdorp in Vlaanderen', Sint-Martens-Latem 1998, afb. pag. 127; vgl. Jelle Bouwhuis, 'Leo Gestel, een onbekende collectie werken op papier', Zwolle/Leeuwarden/Rotterdam 1999, afb. pag. 98; Renée Smithuis, 'De bewijzen van hun reizen: De Bergense School op reis in de jaren twintig', Bergen/Deurne 2007, afb. in kleur pag. 66.
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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