Nachtschaduw by Willy Boers
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Nachtschaduw 1948

Willy Boers

GouachePaint
 36 ⨯ 29 cm
ConditionExcellent
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  • About the artwork
    Boers, Willy Herman Friederich ('Willy'); Amsterdam 1905 - 1978 Amsterdam
    Titel; Nachtschaduw, gouache op papier 1948
    24,5 x 20 cm., verso gesigneerd en gedateerd en getiteld 'Willy Boers 24 februari 1948, gouache, 'nachtschaduw'
    Herkomst: particuliere collectie
    Tentoonstellingen: Langdurig bruikleen tot 2018, nr. 21 in Stedelijk Museum Schiedam expositie 'Eigen weg' in Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, z.j.
    Toonzolder Antwerpen 1955
    Literatuur: drs. Elmyra H.M. van Doorn; 'Willy Boers 19015 - 1978' V+K Publishing/Inmerc, Naarden 1995, blz. 328 (oeuvrecatalogus)
    Museum Twenthe br 264, year unknown


    Prijs €3500
  • 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.

Artwork details

Category
Works on PaperModern Works on Paper
Style
Dutch SchoolDutch Modernism (first half 20th Century)
Material & Technique
GouachePaint
Colour
BlackBrownBeige