Düsseldorf excavation, around 1912 1912

Harrie Kuyten

Peinture à l'huilePeindre
38 ⨯ 28 cm
ConditionVery good
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• Sur l'oeuvre d'art
  Harrie Kuyten was born in Utrecht. When the young Harrie Kuyten loses both parents at the age of thirteen, he goes to an orphanage. There his artistic talent is first noticed. He studied at the academy of visual arts in Antwerp. Approx. 1904-1905. Enjoyed the royal grant for 3 years.
  
  He mainly painted, drew and lithographed figures (many nudes), landscapes, cityscapes, beach and seascapes and still lifes. As a painter he is well known for the use of striking and sensitive colors.
  
  He is often counted as part of the Bergen school. While he was much more autonomous.
  Jan Juffermans' monograph states the following:
  "A spirited man with an open character, a freebooter, an independent figure, practical and alert enough to earn a good living, even in the very difficult crisis years with painting, his greatest love, for his family and himself. In the land of Van Gogh, where in many eyes all hunger, self-punishment and frustration can lead to the very highest artistic expressions, a painter with such an attitude is soon viewed with suspicion, and Kuyten's uncomplicated way of painting, his playful choice of subjects and his often vivacious color scheme certainly stood in the way of a more general recognition of his work.
  
  In Harrie Kuyten's monograph by Jan Juffermas, page 27 shows an image of a sand quarry in Düsseldorf, 1912. This work is closely related to this image. That is why I also place this work around this time as being a sand excavation there.
  
  Sources: de rode Scheen, Lexicon Dutch Visual Artists, 1750-1950: Harrie Kuyten by Jan Juffermans.
  
  
• Sur l'artiste
  Harrie Kuyten (1983, Utrecht - 1952, Schoorl), nom complet Henricus Johannes Kuyten, était un artiste néerlandais. Il était graveur, lithographe, bûcheron, dessinateur et peintre. Il a étudié à l'Akademie voor Beeldende Kunsten (Académie des Beaux-Arts), Anvers (1904-1905). Il a été influencé par les impressionnistes et les fauves français. Kuyten appartient à l'école Bergense. Il a reçu une bourse royale pendant trois ans. Il peint des vues de port, des paysages, des paysages urbains, des animaux, des natures mortes, des intérieurs, des autoportraits, des nus. Après avoir voyagé dans plusieurs pays, il s'installe à Amsterdam en 1914. Plus tard, après avoir séjourné en Autriche, en Hongrie et à Paris, il s'installe à Schoorl. Il était membre d'Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, et de l'Onafhankelijken (Indépendants), Amsterdam. Les œuvres de sa main sont entre autres au Museum Kranenburgh, Bergen (N.-H.).