Willem Brauck - "St. Raphael" | kleuren zeefdruk - ingelijst - Sold

The work of Willem Brauck (mann) (1946-2014) is immediately recognizable by its composition and use of colour.
Brauck mainly paints landscapes. A predilection for the French landscape becomes visible. The heat splashes off the canvas and here too his graphic background is clearly perceptible, given the surface division and composition in the paintings. But not only the landscapes are a source of inspiration, he also finds the old 'advertising' murals very fascinating. The older they get, the more beautiful, sometimes with 3 layers on top of each other and partly worn they form a beautiful painting.
The warm colors of this screen print almost seem painted, it bears the title 'St. Raphael' and is part of a series with which Brauck records (old) workshops, garages and fuel filling stations in France.
Image size: 30 x 40 cm.
Edition: 269 of 500
Year: unknown, but probably shortly after the turn of the century.
Signed by hand, lower right in pencil. Also edition number, bottom left
The top is in good condition and is framed in a clear wooden exchangeable frame (with glass) with some signs of use, including scratches and dents in the wood.
Photos are part of the description.

About the artist:
Willem Brauckmann (Vlaardingen, 1946 - 2014)
Brauck started his career in 1963 with a study at the Academy of Visual Arts in Rotterdam. An education which, as befits a good artist in the sixties, he did not complete. After many years of being active in the advertising and exhibition world, Brauck felt more inclined to devote himself entirely to art. He now lived in Harderwijk, with family, and started to focus completely on painting. In 1997 Brauck started a screen printing company where he made screen prints for himself and for other artists. Brauck's work is not only known in the immediate vicinity, but also nationally. Many a living room or office is graced by this artist's painting.
With his paintings Brauck shows how he views existence. He tries to make the viewer aware of the duality within today's society: the constructive on the one hand and the destructive on the other. Brauck mainly painted landscapes. A predilection for the French landscape becomes apparent when you look at his paintings. The heat splashes off the canvas and here too the graphic background is clearly perceptible, given the surface division and composition in the paintings. Brauck regularly visited France to taste the atmosphere, to capture the lines of the landscape and of course to be absorbed in the 'savoir vivre'. But not only the landscapes are a source of inspiration, he also found the old advertising murals that can be seen along the N-roads very fascinating. The older they get, the more beautiful, sometimes with 3 layers on top of each other and partly worn they form a beautiful painting. The French themselves see nothing in it, just old commercials, but Brauck saw its beauty and wanted to capture it. These impressions eventually result in a series of very surprising paintings. All unmistakably written by Brauck, if only because of the use of color and composition.

Brauck has exhibited many times at galleries throughout the Netherlands, Belgium, France, USA and Russia. Many works are privately owned, but can also be found in corporate collections and other art collections. The Mayakovski Museum in Moscow has included work by Brauck in its collection.
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