Jan Mulder 1897 - 1962 ' Oil On Canvas , Esotericism ' Circa 1945 - 1950

Artist : Jan Mulder 1897 - 1962
Country : Belgium ????????
Subject : esoteric scene realized between 1945 - 1950
Signature signed lower left ( see photo )
Dimensions : 85 ,5 cm x 67 , 2 cm
Frame : no frame
Backing : original canvas
Provenance : private collection ,Gent , never passed in public sale
Condition : very good but clean
Biography : Jan Mulder was a Belgian artist born in Ghent in 1897 and died in Ghent in 1962. He was a painter, woodcarver and illustrator. He trained at Saint-Luc and the Ghent Academy, under J. Delvin (painting) and G. Minne (drawing). In 1924, he became a teacher at the Aalst Academy. In 1928, he studied wood sculpture under V. Stuyvaert, specializing in this branch of art. He creates figures, compositions with figures, portraits, symbolist compositions, seascapes, nudes, often set in a landscape. His style is both realistic and symbolist, and he produces highly stylized works. Press release: "His art aims above all to achieve a decorative value, a harmonious-solid whole of forms and lines, enclosed in an elliptical and original arabesque. Reduction to its purest form. The silhouette is thus reduced to primitive geometric forms, to the beautiful conical shape of the breasts, for example, or to the pure cylinder of the neck (G.Chabot, 1930). From 1950 onwards, Jan Mulder also turned to Surrealism. From 1945 to 1957, he taught at the Ghent Academy. His work can be found in the Ghent Museum. He is mentioned in CRICK, BAS II and Deux siècles de signatures d'artistes belges. (Piron)