Leendert (Leo) Gestel (1881-1941) - België vluchtelingenkamp
A pristine, unique work by well-known painter Leo Gestel!
• Signed lower left, as well as on the back of the work.
• Dated 1914 and annotated lower right.
• Dimensions without frame: 10/15 CM
• Technique: Pen, brush and black ink on paper.
• Provenance: Christie's Amsterdam, July 8, 1998, lot 458.
About the artist:
Leendert (Leo) Gestel trained at the National Academy of Visual Arts in Amsterdam. Initially he is influenced by the neo-impressionists and pointillists in France. From 1912 he experiments with cubism, where his characteristic cubist works were created in Mallorca in 1914.
Immediately after the outbreak of the First World War, he travels to the Belgian border to draw refugees there. In 1916, these drawings, together with lithographs and postcards, were sold by the artist, the proceeds of which were donated to the refugee reception committee.
His work can be viewed in the following museums, among others:
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
- Art Museum, The Hague
- Centraal Museum, Utrecht
- Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
- Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
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A pristine, unique work by well-known painter Leo Gestel!
• Signed lower left, as well as on the back of the work.
• Dated 1914 and annotated lower right.
• Dimensions without frame: 10/15 CM
• Technique: Pen, brush and black ink on paper.
• Provenance: Christie's Amsterdam, July 8, 1998, lot 458.
About the artist:
Leendert (Leo) Gestel trained at the National Academy of Visual Arts in Amsterdam. Initially he is influenced by the neo-impressionists and pointillists in France. From 1912 he experiments with cubism, where his characteristic cubist works were created in Mallorca in 1914.
Immediately after the outbreak of the First World War, he travels to the Belgian border to draw refugees there. In 1916, these drawings, together with lithographs and postcards, were sold by the artist, the proceeds of which were donated to the refugee reception committee.
His work can be viewed in the following museums, among others:
- Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
- Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
- Art Museum, The Hague
- Centraal Museum, Utrecht
- Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
- Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
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