Sam Francis

Untitled, 1984

106.7 X 73 inch

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Jan Schoonhoven

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Jan Schoonhoven was a Dutch artist who was part of the Nulgroep [Dutch Nul Group] in Holland. Another visual artist from the Abstract school, Schoonhoven was born in June 1914. He was trained at The Hague’s Royal Academy of Art, studying there from 1930 – 1934.
 
« This is a world of mine, not part of that room. It may repeat forever,
but I deliberately closed it. »

Jan Schoonhoven
Although he was mainly a weekend artist during the time he worked for the PPT, or Post Office, Schoonhoven is considered of the most well-respected Dutch artists of the twentieth century. He resided in Delft, Holland for the larger part of his life, though his impact on art movements such as Nederlandse Informele Groep, as well as many individual abstract expressionists, was great.
 
« By avoiding intentional form (form as offense and trick) a much greater organic reality of the created in itself. » 
Jan Schoonhoven

This group was linked to the European Informel Group and the Zero Group. The art works of these groups were styled along the lines of Abstract Expressionism. At the commencement of his career, Schoonhoven painted watercolours, but his enquiries into the n Read More

Jan Schoonhoven

Untitled M-IV, 1972

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What is Art Informel?

What is Art Informel?

Art informel refers to gestural techniques and improvisatory methods common to abstract painting during the 1940s and 50s. It is a French term for the many styles that dominated these decades. Artists use this term because these styles were based on primarily informal techniques.

Roberto MATTA | Demoiselles | Etching and Aquatint available for sale on composition gallery

Roberto Matta

Demoiselles

Limited Edition Print

Etching And Aquatint

EUR 850

Sol LEWITT | Two Asymmetrical Pyramids and Their Mirror Images (Counterpoint) | Silkscreen  available for sale on composition gallery

Sol LeWitt

Two Asymmetrical Pyramids And Their Mirror Images (Counterpoint), 1986

Limited Edition Print

Silkscreen

EUR 1,900

Piero DORAZIO | Vortice | Mosaic  available for sale on composition gallery

Piero Dorazio

Vortice, 1989

Sculpture / Object

Mosaic

EUR 2,000

Dirk BRAECKMAN | Self-portrait | Photograph available for sale on composition gallery

Dirk Braeckman

Self-portrait, 1989

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Photograph

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