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Gerrit HondiusA Large, Compelling Mid-Century Modern Figurative Painting- Equestrienne
Clowncirca 1955
circa 1955
$1,200
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A Large, Compelling Mid-Century Modern Figurative Painting by New York Artist, Gerrit Hondius, Titled "Equestrienne
Clown". Artwork size: 30 x 24 inches (Oil on Masonite); Framed size: 36 1/2 x 31 inches. Singed "Hondius" lower left; titled on the reverse.
Born in 1891, Gerrit Hondius was a Modernist artist who lived in both Provincetown, Massachusetts, and New York City, New York. He studied at the Art Students League with Max Weber and Andrew Dasburg, as well as at the Royal Academy in The Hague.
Hondius often painted scenes of circus performers, acrobats and clowns, which were intense in characterization and feeling, demonstrating a creative use of fauvist, expressionist color. Hondius was influenced by French Expressionist painter and printmaker, Georges Rouault. He was an artist with the WPA during the Depression years of the 1930s and 40s, and completed a mural of New York City which became well known to the American public at the time.
Hondius had over fifty one-man exhibitions in Europe and the United States, as well as showing at New York City venues including the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1924-26, 1932 and 1934; the 1939 World's Fair; Museum of Modern Art; Rockefeller Center; and Graham Gallery, in the 1950s. His work was exhibited posthumously in New York City WPA Art in 1977 at the Parson's School of Design, New York City.
Hondius' work may be seen in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Art, California; Whitney Museum of American Art; Newark Museum of Art, New Jersey; Reading Museum of Art, Pennsylvania; Norfolk Museum of Art, Virginia; and Provincial Museum, Kampden, Holland, among others.
His papers, sketchbooks, photographs, letters and clippings are in the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Gerrit Hondius died in 1970.
Source:
Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"
- Creator:Gerrit Hondius (1891 - 1970, American)
- Creation Year:circa 1955
- Dimensions:Height: 36.5 in (92.71 cm)Width: 31 in (78.74 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Condition:Very good, original estate condition. Original frame. See photos.
- Gallery Location:Chicago, IL
- Reference Number:Seller: 225011stDibs: LU2591217519102
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