Ger Lataster : "spring Made By Myself"

GerLataster (1920-2012): "Printemps fait par moi-même" (Spring made by myself),mixed media (oil, acrylic and silver paint) on canvas 150 x 140 cm,signed and dated 1977, titled on back.
Probably the most famous of the Dutch abstract expressionists.
AFrench government grant in 1950 enabled him to move to Paris, where he rediscoveredhis French roots and rubbed shoulders with artists such as Pignon, Messagier and Picasso, evolving over the years from expressionist figuration to abstractionto an abstraction in which the figure is nonetheless underlying, and which can be foundin many international museums.
This painting comes from Paul Facchetti, the Parisian photographer and gallery owner who organized numerous exhibitions for him.
Indicates that, as spring was slow in coming this year, he decided to take that matters into his own hands and do it himself !
Rigorously composed, this canvas suggests a falling wisteria in a gardenand reworked with a brush handle, the metallic paint progressivelygradually invading the canvas, like a spring rain that revealscolors and scents...
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