Harrie Kuyten - Bijzonder groot omstreeks 1930 Houtskool op papier "Stilleven witte Anjers" - Sold
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- Description
- Harrie Kuyten (1883-1952)
| Type of artwork | Drawing / Aquarelle |
| Period | 1900 to 1944 |
| Technique | Charcoal |
| Support | Paper |
| Framed | Not framed |
| Dimensions | 110 x 75 cm (h x w) |
| Signed | Hand signed |
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- Rare, beautiful charcoal on paper (mounted on cardboard) made by harrie Kuyten around 1930, still life of white carnations. Particularly large (75x110cm!) in size and in good condition. Signed lower left.
- Origin: collection Const. Fight Amsterdam
- Harrie Kuyten (1883-1952) was a Utrecht graphic artist, painter, draftsman, lithographer and woodcarver. Kuijten was a student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and received the Royal Subsidy for three years. After many wanderings through Europe, he settled in Amsterdam and later in Schoorl. Raoul Hynckes found in Kuijten 'an ideal traveling companion' and a 'very talented painter': I have known few painters who have worked as conscientiously as Harrie.
- In the shadow of the most important Dutch modernists of the early twentieth century such as Kees van Dongen, Jan Sluijters, Leo Gestel and Piet Mondriaan, Henricus ('Harrie') Johannes Kuijten was also a modernist with both traditional and modernist works.
- His style was a mixture of Impressionism and colorful Fauvism. His trademark is the powerful form structure and his use of color: he was a colorist in heart and soul, who in his own way took the achievements of Impressionism as a starting point and gave it its own soul and shape, until his dark Bergen period. Kuijten's use of color differs depending on the nature of his subject. This can be very elementary, focusing on a few accents, as can often be seen in his beach scenes and flower still lifes, but is refined in larger portraits and figure pieces. Because Kuijten was always fascinated by the human figure, he also painted parties and colorful market scenes, but especially beach scenes, in which he paints the sunny side of life with beautiful skies and rolling surf.
- In 1921 Kuyten left the capital to travel again to Paris, Vienna and Budapest, among others. In Paris, the beginning of the last century happened. In the studio of Le Fauconnier, Kuijten and his Dutch colleagues Carel Willink, Wim Schuhmacher and Gerrit van Yperen drew from nudes, which were placed in a single contour line. In Kuijten's paintings, in addition to the introduction of the new palette, the smooth drawing-like line was exchanged for a rough brushwork with wide-ranging shapes and neglect of details. Vienna fascinated by the way Klimt portrayed women and by what Harrie had heard from Jan Toorop and the Viennese School, Budapest was dirt cheap for Western Europeans and interesting for that reason alone. Especially afterwards he made beautiful works of small orchestras; a fascination he would hold on to.
| Condition | |
| Condition | Good |
| The paper has some irregularities (wrinkles) that have arisen when it was attached to the cardboard. Some discolouration on the (right) edges. Given the size and age of this drawing, we can certainly rate the overall condition as good. | |
| Shipment | |
| Pick up | The work can be picked up on location. As a buyer you must bring your own packaging materials. The location is: Purmerend, The Netherlands |
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Harrie Kuyten (1883-1952)
DutchCharcoal1900 to 1944Bergense schoolArti et AmicitiaeOnafhankelijkenHollandse KunstenaarskringKunstenaarscentrum BergenKunstkring Den HaagVereeniging Sint LucasAquarellistenkringNederlandsche Kunstkring
75 cm
110 cm
| Pick up | Yes, possible |
| Location | Purmerend, The Netherlands |
Auction details
| Start time | 21-5-2023 at 22:54 |
| End time | 4-6-2023 at 22:13 |
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