Zelfportret met ekster Gerrit by Tinus van Doorn
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Zelfportret met ekster Gerrit 1937

Tinus van Doorn

Original oil on canvas
 185 ⨯ 125 cm
Price on request

Studio 2000 Art Gallery

  • About the artwork
    Olieverf op doek
    185 x 125 cm.
    Gesigneerd
    Herkomst: Thom Mercuur, Gersloot; J. P Smits, Rotterdam 1937.
    Literatuur: Slagter, Tinus van Doorn 1905-1940. Kunstenaar van het verloren paradijs, Heerenveen 2005, p. 21 cat.no. 23 (ill.)
    Tentoongesteld: Tinus van Doorn 1905-1940. Kunstenaar van het verloren paradijs, Heerenveen (Museum Belvédère) 09-09-2005-21-11-2005.
  • About the artist

    Tinus van Doorn was a Dutch painter and graphic artist in the Expressionist style. Born in Indonesia, his family returned to the Netherlands and settles in The Hague when he was eight. In 1924, he began his studies at the Royal Academy of Art, graduating in 1928. He married Annie Vermeulen, known as Akkie. He was influenced by the works of Marc Chagall and Franz Marc, experimenting with form and colour.

    His first major exhibition was at the Stedelijk Museum in 1933. In his last paintings, death is a recurrent theme. Van Doorn could see that he would not be allowed to paint as he pleased under the Nazis. In 1938, he moved to Belgium. When the German army occupied Brussels in 1940, he committed suicide together with his Akkie.

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Artwork details

Category
Paintings
Style
Expressionism (20th Century)Modern Art (1860s-1970s)
Material & Technique
Original oil on canvas
Colour
Green