Martin Rous jr. - Large "grisaille" oil on canvas - Abstract A297C - signed

• Martin Rous Jr. (Leiden 1962)

Martin Rous Jr., living and working in The Hague, makes abstract paintings in oil. After studying history and philosophy at the University of Leiden, his birthplace. He then attended the Ateliers 63 course in Haarlem, inspired by the painter Toon Verhoef. He eventually followed in the footsteps of his father Martin Rous Sr. a non-figurative painter and draftsman influenced by his native Indonesia. Art historian Hans Sizoo about the work of Martin Rous Jr. during an exhibition at the Amsterdam Galerie Loerakker, which represented him and presented his work at Kunst Rai in Amsterdam: 'The color of protective colors is delicate, in the way in which it lives with all the restraint of the contrast that can elicit a sound of color even from the grayest tones. .. A use of brush or paintbrush, which plays off the possibilities against each other, apparently rough but balanced in contrasts that surprise and alienate the eye.' Martin Rous Jr.'s work is represented in private and corporate collections, including ABN-Amro and the Government Buildings Agency.