Guillaume Lo-A-Njoe - Suriname - Sold

This square abstract painting from 1960 belongs to the early, powerful period of Guillaume Theodoor Lo-A-Njoe, a Dutch artist of Surinamese descent who occupied an important position of his own within post-war Dutch painting.
The work displays a dynamically constructed surface in which dark earthy tones—black, deep green, and blue—contrast with bright accents of red, yellow, orange, and white. The paint is applied broadly and directly; grand gestures, scraping movements, and overlapping color fields create an energetic visual plane. There is no question of a traditional representation, but rather of an autonomous composition in which rhythm, tension, and color carry the meaning. Here, the painter does not seem to depict a visible reality, but rather to explore an inner space. The forms sometimes suggest organic structures or signs, yet consciously remain suspended between abstraction and recognition—a characteristic that later remains an important element in Lo-A-Njoe's oeuvre. In this early work from 1960 by Guillaume Lo-A-Njoe, the influence of the post-war Dutch avant-garde is visible. It is a characteristic example of his early abstract expressionist period.