Leo Gestel
Leo (Leendert) Gestel (born November 22, 1881 in Woerden , † November 26, 1941 in Hilversum ) was a Dutch painter of Impressionism , Pointillism , Fauvism , Cubism , Futurism and Expressionism . He also worked as a fresco artist , illustrator and lithographer .
Life
The early years
Leendert Gestel received his first drawing lessons from his father Willem Gestel , a painter and director of the Woerdense Avondteekenschool, and was also taught by his uncle Dimmen Gestel, a printer and painter who painted outdoors with Vincent van Gogh. Before Leo Gestel became a painter, he designed advertisements for his uncle and illustrated newspapers and books. Gestel taught as an art teacher at the "Rijksnormaalschool" and later, from 1900 to 1903, evening classes at the Reich Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam . In 1912 he was inspired by a futurist exhibition in Amsterdam and in 1913 he was able to exhibit two compositions and a portrait at the First German Autumn Salon in Berlin.
Time in mountains
The Gestel usually spent their summers in Bergen (see Bergen School ). There he settled for three years from 1921 to 1924, in a thatched-roof house at Buerweg 4, which had been designed by his friend, the architect L. Streefkerk. The building still exists today. In 1923 and 1924 he made a long trip to Dresden and Sicily to draw and paint. In 1929 a fire destroyed his studio and much of his work. More than five thousand works on paper, however, were spared and are now administered by the Dutch institute Collectie Nederland .
After his stay in Bergen, Gestel had his studio in Blaricum . During this time, his style increasingly moved towards abstraction without actually becoming abstract.
health
Leo Gestel had suffered from a stomach ailment since he was thirty and was therefore often ill.
Importance to the art world
Leo Gestel was one of the first Dutch artists to experiment with Cubism and Expressionism. Because of him, these art movements were able to establish themselves in the Netherlands. He is one of the most important Dutch modern artists.
Publicly owned works
- Museum of Fine Arts , Boston
- Frans Hals Museum , Haarlem
- Kröller-Müller Museum , Otterlo
- Rijksmuseum Twenthe , Enschede
- Stedelijk Museum Alkmaar
- Gemeentemuseum The Hague
- Germanisches Nationalmuseum , Nuremberg
- Centraal Museum Utrecht
- Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum , Rotterdam
- Es Baluard , Palma
literature
- E. Dorrmann: Gestel, Leo . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 52, Saur, Munich a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-598-22792-2 , p. 389 f.
Trivia
A street was named after him in his hometown Woerden.
Web links
- Comité Leo Gestel
- Short biography at artfacts - accessed on January 14, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ the name "Gestel" is stressed on the second syllable
- ↑ biographical information on Leo Gestel on artnet
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gestel, Leo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gestel, Leendert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch painter, printmaker, ceramist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Woerden |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1941 |
| Place of death | Hilversum |