Mart Kempers - Litho, stilleven met een Fruitschaal. - Sold

Mart Kempers was trained as a graphic designer and illustrator at the Kunstnijverheidsschool in Amsterdam, later the Rietveld Academy. In addition to his regular assignments, he was also a free visual artist. In 1964 he won the Werkman prize. Important themes are the landscape, whether or not in combination with architecture, people, animals and still lifes. He gained many ideas during trips to France, Italy and Portugal, but also in his own country the polder landscape of North Holland, Friesland and Groningen led him to make many watercolors and graphics. His use of color is tonalistic. With the modest, restrained colors that are so characteristic of him - many earth colors and blues - he created a tranquil atmosphere in his works. "Everyone has a father in painting and mine was Morandi", Kempers always said when you asked him about his source of inspiration.