Geheimzinnig treffen 1948

Willy Boers

InkIndian InkPaper
26 ⨯ 29 cm
ConditionExcellent
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• About the artwork
  Boers, Willy Herman Friederich ('Willy'); Amsterdam 1905 - 1978 Amsterdam
  Titel; Geheimzinnig treffen, Oost-indische inkt op papier
  36,2 x 29,5 cm., gesigneerd en gedateerd r.o.: 'Willy Boers, 1948'. verso: Willy Boers 1948, o.i. inkt en 'geheimzinnig treffen'
  Herkomst: particuliere collectie
  Tentoonstellingen: Langdurig bruikleen tot 2018, nr. 23 in Stedelijk Museum Schiedam
  expositie 'Eigen weg' in Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, z.j.
  Van Lier Amsterdam nr. 45, 1949, Toonzolder Antwerpen 1955
  Literatuur: drs. Elmyra H.M. van Doorn; 'Willy Boers 19015 - 1978' V+K Publishing/Inmerc, Naarden 1995, blz. 378 (oeuvrecatalogus)
  Archief Willy Boers RKD
  
  Prijs 2750
  
  
• About the artist

  Willy Boers is a Dutch artist who was born in Amsterdam in 1905, he died in Amsterdam in 1978. He was trained as a restorer but became a self-taught painter, draughtsman and sculptor. Willy also created portraits, landscapes, cityscapes, still-lifes and abstract art. He signed his work with ‘WBoers’. He was a member of the Haagse Kunstkring until 1940 and between 1929 and 1941 he joined the art society De Onafhankelijken.

  In 1946 he established, along with Ger Gerrits, the group Vrij Beelden which included the artists Willem van Hussem, Piet Ouborg and Jan Roëde.

  In 1950 he set up the group Creatie. His work is included in the collections of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and Cobra Museum in Amstelveen.