Ontspanning 1948

Willy Boers

GouachePaint
38 ⨯ 28 cm
ConditionExcellent
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• About the artwork
  Boers, Willy Herman Friederich ('Willy'); Amsterdam 1905 - 1978 Amsterdam
  Titel: ontspanning, gouache op papier
  38 x 28 cm., gesigneerd, gedateerd m.o.; 'Willy Boers, Marseille, 9 september 1948', verso: 'Willy Boers, Marseille 9 september 1948', getiteld 'ontspanning'
  Herkomst: particuliere collectie
  Tentoonstellingen: Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, langdurig bruikleen tot 2018 nr. 21
  Eigen weg', Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, z.j.
  Leerink Amsterdam 1947
  Literatuur: drs. Elmyra M.H. van Doorn; 'Willy Boers 1905 - 1978', V+K Publishing/Inmerc Naarden, 1995, blz. 328 (oeuvrecatalogus)
  Rijksmuseum Twenthe br. 262 z.j.
  
  Prijs 4000
• 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.