Thijs Buit - Montouliers - Sold

Thijs Buit is strongly connected to the landscape in his work. He is fascinated by the forms and colors of the landscape. Consequently, the landscape is turned inside out in his work with the aim of rendering his personal intuition on canvas or paper.
Local details disappear as a result, and the work acquires its own visual language. His still lifes are a representation of observed forms joined together into a single whole. They are not realistic compositions of ingredients, but powerful expressions of his personal experience.

Characteristic of Thijs Buit is that he, as he puts it himself, 'tries to make visible what moves him inwardly'. This results in, among other things, fascinating (flower) still lifes, (self)portraits, but above all in landscapes, in which he displays a preference for the South French atmosphere.

About Thijs Buit
Thijs Buit (Hattem 1934) developed into a painter even before his training at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam (1957–1962). At the Rijksakademie, this rough diamond was 'polished' primarily by Professor Sierk Schröder. He was also trained in graphic techniques. In 1989, he won the graphic art prize of the city of Delden.
On the occasion of his eightieth birthday, a unique overview of the painter's life of Thijs Buit was published, covering his impressive oeuvre.