Willem Bosma 1902–1985 De Onafhankelijken / Exposeeren 25 Jarig Jubileum vintage exhibition poster
Caption Brief: Willem "Wim" Bosma, a largely self-taught Amsterdam painter who trained briefly under Piet van Wijngaerdt and worked in a constructivist-expressionist style, designed this poster to mark the 25th anniversary exhibition of De Onafhankelijken at the Stedelijk Museum. The group, whose Dutch name translates to "The Independents," gave artists working outside official academies and prevailing movements a venue to exhibit on their own terms, a stance that resonated with Bosma's own outsider path and his committed leftist politics. True to the society's spirit of self-definition, the poster's image of a hand painting a face within the bounds of an artist's palette doubles as a quiet statement about art shaping its own identity rather than conforming to established schools.
1937
43¼ h × 31⅞ w in (110 × 81 cm)
Kotting, Amsterdam
Provenance: Collection of William Crouse
Condition: Cond A-: with surface soiling, creases, foxing and a minor tear to the upper right corner.
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Caption Brief: Willem "Wim" Bosma, a largely self-taught Amsterdam painter who trained briefly under Piet van Wijngaerdt and worked in a constructivist-expressionist style, designed this poster to mark the 25th anniversary exhibition of De Onafhankelijken at the Stedelijk Museum. The group, whose Dutch name translates to "The Independents," gave artists working outside official academies and prevailing movements a venue to exhibit on their own terms, a stance that resonated with Bosma's own outsider path and his committed leftist politics. True to the society's spirit of self-definition, the poster's image of a hand painting a face within the bounds of an artist's palette doubles as a quiet statement about art shaping its own identity rather than conforming to established schools.
1937
43¼ h × 31⅞ w in (110 × 81 cm)
Kotting, Amsterdam
Provenance: Collection of William Crouse
Condition: Cond A-: with surface soiling, creases, foxing and a minor tear to the upper right corner.
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