Hans Dolieslager - Poppy I - Sold

Double-framed artwork by the Dutch artist Hans Dolieslager. Signed in 2000. The work depicts red poppies, a recurring theme in Dolieslager's oeuvre.

The upper section shows stylized red flowers within a dark blue frame. The lower part is a more abstract vertical close-up with intense red and dark textures reminiscent of the inside or petals of a flower.

The work is framed with a double passe-partout in a narrow burgundy frame that accentuates the colors of the artwork. Hans Dolieslager is a contemporary artist known for his figurative style, in which he often captures botanical subjects such as flowers in printmaking and painting.

His original works are built up from various transparent layers. The base often consists of a powerful, flowing underpainting (watercolor). Over this, he applies worked layers to achieve deep color areas and contrasts.
For his smaller, exclusive series (such as his botanical prints and floral motifs), he employs a labor-intensive manual screen printing process. Each color layer in the poppy—from the deep, dark heart in the bottom cutout to the bright, highlighted red petals at the top—is pressed over the next using a separate screen and squeegee.

Dimensions: 38x18x2 cm, behind glass in an aluminium frame, signed.