Willem van der Does

(Rotterdam 1889 - Zeist 1966)
Soerabaiasche rijkar (Surabayan ox cart)
Signed lower left
Oil on canvas laid down on panel, 50 x 75 cm
Provenance:
Private collection, the Netherlands
Note:
As the son of a sea captain, Van der Does lived in Indonesia for a period where he was inspired by the lush forests and exotic environment. Unlike the modernists Walter Spies (1895-1942) and Rudolf Bonnet (1895-1978) who worked mainly on Bali, Van der Does preferred travelling through the archipelago and painted daily Indonesian life. Like Gerard Pieter Adolfs (1898-1968), Ernest Dézentjé (1885-1972), Leo Eland (1884-1952) and Willem Imandt (1882-1967) he can be called a 'Beautiful Indies' painter.